[Am-info] Gates Comments on Consent Decree

[Mitch Stone]

--- From a message sent by John Poltorak on 11/7/01 11:28 AM ---

>On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:18:19AM -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
>> Somewhere, deep in the old memory banks, I recall Bill Gates being quoted 
>> about the impact of the '94 Consent Decree, saying it would have no 
>> impact on Microsoft's business plans. I can't find it now. Does anyone 
>> have that quote, and/or a source for it?
>
>Google is brilliant!!!
>
>I just typed in 
>
>microsoft consent decree
>
>and it instantly came up with:-
>
>http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/Pre_96/July94/94387.txt.html
>
>This probably isn't what you are looking for but there are another 9,970 
>hits :-)

I did a Shelock search and came up with James Glieck's classic article, 
"Making Microsoft Safe for Capitalism," and this,

     It has not happened. The practices Microsoft agreed to forgo had 
     already served their purpose. Gates was right when he summed up the 
     effect of the consent decree in one word: "Nothing."

http://www.around.com/microsoft.html

 Mitch Stone  
 mitch@accidentalexpert.com