[Am-info] US warns EU against Microsoft anti-trust moves

[Roy Bixler]

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:08:58PM -0400, Erick Andrews wrote:
> "Mr James said US courts had established that monopoly leveraging 
> actually benefits consumers, who can enjoy better service and consistent
> quality."
> 
> Well excuse me.  I must have missed those decisions by US Courts.
> Anyone know which ones and their relevance to this MS case?

Even if you could find such US court decisions, since when does their
jurisdiction extend to Europe?  With bombastic rhetoric like
"monopolies are good for consumers" (maybe, but what about
entrepreneurs and the economy in general?) and "companies that
dominate one market are allowed to use that dominance to give them an
advantage in adjacent markets" (which, by the way, seems to directly
contradict the Sherman Antitrust Act), he expects to find common
ground?  It seems they have a different view of antitrust in Europe
and I think he will find another of those "cultural differences"
waiting for him.  He probably will have a chilly reception to his
quaint notion that Europe should be bound by US court decisions too.

> It would appear Mr James would do away with the DOJ's Antitrust
> division.

He is definitely trying to dispose of the Microsoft antitrust case as
if it had never been filed.

-- 
Roy Bixler <rcb@bix.org>
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                -- Ziggy