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FC: Antitrust news: Nintendo, Dell's comments, airlines, MS rivals
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:59:24 -0400
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2559105,00.html By Staff, ZDNet News May 1, 2000 202 PM PT OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. -- Michael Dell once again backed Microsoft Corp. in its antitrust travail, warning Monday against government interference in the software industry and calling antitrust laws outdated. "I don't think people in (the U.S. Dept of) Justice have a good understanding of the issues, and we don't want people in the government architecting software," said Dell, CEO of Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq DELL) and an ardent supporter of presidential candidate George W. Bush. [...] http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1777793.html Nintendo under price-fixing investigation By The Associated Press April 28, 2000, 330 p.m. PT BRUSSELS, Belgium--The European Commission today opened an investigation into possible price-fixing by Nintendo and seven video game distributors. [...] http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/Baggage000424.html N E W Y O R K, April 24 Continental Airlines Inc. said it plans today to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against United Airlines and a Dulles International Airport authority over newly installed baggage-sizing templates. [...] http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1779367.html Microsoft rivals savor the moment By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 28, 2000, 615 p.m. PT Although the wisdom of today's government proposals remains an open question, competitors that have long endured Microsoft's dominance could not help but relish the moment. Industry rivals responded with glee to the prospect of major punishment for Microsoft. Many of them--notably Sun Microsystems and several companies that sell the Linux operating system--have offered advice on how to deal with the situation. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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