Microsoft's Harm

March 31, 2009

Microsoft A History of Anticompetitive Behavior and Consumer Harm

March 31, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................1 MICROSOFT’S HISTORY OF ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT .................................3 A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. III. Microsoft’s Campaign To Destroy DR-DOS ..........................................................3 Microsoft’s Anticompetitive Per Processor License Fees .......................................5 Microsoft’s Retaliation And Price Discrimination Against IBM ............................6 Microsoft’s Organized Collective Boycott Against Intel ........................................7 Microsoft’s Elimination Of Word Perfect ...............................................................7 Microsoft’s Deceptive WISE Software Program.....................................................9 Microsoft’s Elimination Of Netscape ....................................................................10 Microsoft’s Attempts To Extinguish Java .............................................................14 Microsoft’s Elimination Of Rival Media Players ..................................................16 Microsoft’s Campaign Against Rival Server Operating Systems..........................18

MICROSOFT CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT ......19 A. B. Microsoft’s Failure To Comply With The Final Judgment ...................................20 Microsoft’s Campaign of Patent FUD against Linux and Open Source Software………………………………………………………………………….23 Microsoft’s Ongoing Misconduct Has Sparked Further European Commission Investigations .........................................................................................................23

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MICROSOFT’S FALSE PROMISES OF INTEROPERABILITY ..................................24 MICROSOFT’S MONOPOLIES HAVE HARMED CONSUMERS...