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M$ Monitor: Action Alert
The Micro$oft Monitor
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Published by NetAction Issue No. 19 November 25, 1997
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In This Issue:
Action Alert: Senate Hearing
Online Petition
About the Micro$oft Monitor
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ACTION ALERT: SENATE HEARING
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR EARLY DECEMBER
Fax or phone committee members to urge an investigation of Microsoft
Send a fax to Chairman Orrin Hatch from NetAction's fax server, at:
<http://www.netaction.org/fax/faxform.html>
The last few weeks have seen an exciting increase in momentum for
challenging the Microsoft monopoly and ensuring open Internet standards.
This momentum has included the Justice Department's petition for sanctions
for violations of the 1995 consent decree, the ensuing media attention to
Microsoft's activities, a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into
Microsoft's anti-competitive practices, Ralph Nader's Appraising Microsoft
conference in Washington, D.C., and the release of NetAction's comprehensive
report on Microsoft's economic strategy for monopoly
<http://www.netaction.org/msoft/world/>.
But in order to succeed in stopping the Microsoft monopoly, we must keep up
the pressure on our representatives in Congress by urging them to follow
through on their inquiry into Microsoft's anti-competitive practices and
consider all potential legal and legislative actions to ensure consumer
choice in Internet access, content, and commerce.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled another hearing to examine
antitrust issues in the computer industry, and we need your help ensure that
they hear from consumers and conduct a thorough examination of Microsoft's
activities.
NetAction has set up a fax server to help you convey your concerns about
Microsoft to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and to urge committee members
to support our recommendations for restraining Microsoft's anti-competitive
practices. Go to: <http://www.netaction.org/fax/faxform.html> to send a fax
now to Chairman Orrin Hatch.
Phone and fax numbers for all of the committee members are listed below. If
you live in a state represented by any of the Senators listed below, we urge
you to fax or phone the Senator from your state and urge them to use the
upcoming hearing to investigate Microsoft.
Committee members and their phone and fax numbers are:
Chairman & Ranking Member: Phone: Fax:
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Chairman (202) 224-5251 (202) 224-6331
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont (202) 224-4242 N/A **
** Senator Leahy does not have a publicly available fax number. He can be
reached by phone, or you may prefer to copy and paste the letter on our fax
server page and send it to him by E-mail <senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov>.
Republicans
Strom Thurmond, South Carolina (202) 224-5972 (202) 224-1300
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa (202) 224-3744 (202) 224-6020
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania (202) 224-4254 (202) 228-1229
Fred Thompson, Tennessee (202) 224-4944 (202) 228-3679
Jon Kyl, Arizona (202) 224-4521 (202) 228-1239
Mike DeWine, Ohio (202) 224-2315 (202) 224-6519
John Ashcroft, Missouri (202) 224-6154 (202) 228-0998
Spencer Abraham, Michigan (202) 224-4822 (202) 224-8834
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (202) 224-4124 (202) 224-3149
Democrats
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts (202) 224-4543 (202) 224-2417
Joseph R.Biden, Jr., Delaware (202) 224-5042 (202) 224-0139
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (202) 224-5653 (202) 224-9787
Dianne Feinstein, California (202) 224-3841 (202) 228-4741
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin (202) 224-5323 (202) 224-2725
Richard Durbin, Illinois (202) 224-2152 (202) 228-0400
Robert Torricelli, New Jersey (202) 224-3224 (202) 224-8567
This is a critical time in our campaign, so we urge you to take a few
minutes, use the NetAction fax server, and/or call the Senate Judiciary
committee members.
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Online Petition
The Anti-Micro$oft Association <http://users.aol.com/machcu/amsa.html> has
initiated an E-mail petition to demonstrate that there is consumer support
for computer manufacturers who stand up to Microsoft's threat to revoke
their license to install Windows 95 unless they also install the Internet
Explorer icon on the desktop before shipping the computers to retail outlets.
The petition is at: <http://machcu.home.ml.org/petition.html>.
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About The Micro$oft Monitor
The Micro$oft Monitor is a free electronic newsletter, published as part of
the Consumer Choice Campaign <http://www.netaction.org/msoft/ccc.html>.
NetAction is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to educating the
public, policy makers, and the media about technology-based social and
political issues, and to teaching activists how to use the Internet for
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