Micrsoft engaged in illegal monopolization and anticompetitive conduct? 2007 April 18
Say it ain’t so. Who would have ever believed Microsoft had a monopoly? Well, it appears it is true since Microsoft has settled a class action lawsuit in Iowa for $179.5 million. According to the report on Yahoo! “The lawsuit claimed Microsoft engaged in illegal monopolization and anticompetitive conduct between 1994 and 2006 that caused customers to pay more for software than they would have if there had been competition.” I hope New Jersey gets on this action now as I’d probably get a few bucks for a copy of Windows I bought back in the mid-1990s. After all, if Microsoft was “engaged in illegal monopolization and anticompetitive conduct” in Iowa, they must have done it in New Jersey as well.
Have you actually read court documents from the case? Some of them are downright scary. After the case was settled, public access to the docs disappeared, but you can find them scattered about the web if you search hard enough.
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20070110053805445
I understand that a law suit has been settled and micrsoft is paying us back for programs they over charged us for. I would like more infformatiom.