Re: Federal Judge says Intel CPU platform is an Essential Facility

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:03:40 -0400 (EDT), James Love wrote:

>In a decision with broad relevance to Microsoft and the biotechnology
>sector, Edwin L. Nelson a US Federal District Court judge from
>Birmingham, Alabama, issued a decision on April 10, 1998, declared
>Intel's CPU an "essential facility," and ordered significant
>non-discriminatory licensing of Intel's proprietary information to
>Intergraph, a firm which sells graphics chips and technical software,
>and workstations. The decision is on the Web at:
>http://www.intergraph.com/intel/order.htm


     That's definitely good news James.  It's fairly easy to draw a
close comparison between what Intel's trying to do and what M$ has been
up to for years.  Maybe (just *MAYBE*) the tide is turning.

 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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