FC: Microsoft competitors claim WinXP is another antitrust violation

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Sat Apr 28 2001 - 10:57:34 PDT

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    ProComp, a group funded by Microsoft's competitors, has published a white 
    paper accusing MS of more antitrust wrongdoing:
    http://www.procompetition.org/headlines/04_whitepaper.pdf
    
    Press coverage:
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010426/tc/tech_microsoft_player_dc_1.html
    >WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s rivals on Thursday accused the 
    >company of continuing to flout U.S. antitrust laws by tying the latest 
    >version of its media player software into its new Windows XP operating system.
    
    More on ProComp:
    http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=pettit
    http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=procomp
    
    Another view by The Boston Globe's Hiawatha Bray:
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/116/business/Awestruck_by_Microsoft+.shtml
    
    And an unrelated but hilarious ICANN movie (perhaps the first!):
    http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/icannstage.html
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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