[Am-info] Be, Inc. Files Anti-Trust Suit Against MS
John Bryan
johnb@austin.rr.com
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:17:58 -0600
http://www.beincorporated.com/press/pressreleases/02-02-19_msft_complaint.
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"MENLO PARK, Calif. -- February 19, 2002 -- Be Incorporated
(NASDAQ:BEOS) announced today it has filed suit against Microsoft
Corporation for the destruction of Be's business resulting from the
anticompetitive business practices of Microsoft. The lawsuit alleges,
among other claims, that Microsoft harmed Be through a series of illegal
exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly
in the Intel-compatible PC operating system market and created exclusive
dealing arrangements with PC OEMs prohibiting the sale of PCs with
multiple preinstalled operating systems"
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