[Am-info] Gates' bad attitude

[Erick Andrews]

More of the popular press are getting it.  This piece published in
today's Boston Herald quotes Massachusetts AG why he now favors
a breakup.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/micr06152000.htm

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AG blames Gates' attitude for Microsoft case verdict
Herald staff and wire reports 

Thursday, June 15, 2000

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly said yesterday that Microsoft
Corp. and its shareholders can blame Bill Gates for the breakup ordered 
by a federal judge last week.

Reilly, who told a meeting of business leaders in Leominster yesterday 
morning that he initially did not support a breakup, said the behavior and
evident attitude of Gates led him to change his view and endorse the remedy
sought by the Justice Department and 17 states.

``We are a country of laws,'' Reilly said. ``You can't have one set of laws for
Bill Gates and another set of laws for everyone else.''

Reilly disputed whether the Microsoft chairman and his firm have any 
interest in reaching a compromise, out-of-court settlement sought by 
prosecutors and supported by the judge in the case. Before a meaningful
settlement could be reached, Reilly said, ``there would have to be a major 
change of attitude on the part of Microsoft.''

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Erick Andrews