U.S. v. Microsoft - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Brinkley, Joel, and Steve Lohr

ISBN 10: 007135588X / ISBN 13: 9780071355889

Published by McGraw-Hill [2001], New York, 2001

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A smart first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear; Herein is reproduced every single article published in the New York Time pertaining to the government's massive antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (U.S. v. Microsoft) in 1995; B & W Photographs; 8vo; 349 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: U.S. v. Microsoft - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill [2001], New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007135588X
• ISBN 13: 9780071355889
• Binding: 1/4 Cloth
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

With the aid of "The New York Times", this work covers the ongoing antitrust case of the US Justice Department against Microsoft. Charges of unholy monopolies, predatory practices and innovation in the PC industry have made this trial one of the most watched of the century.

Review

It had all the elements of a Perry Mason television drama: big, powerful protagonists; shady witnesses; carefully argued points of law; leading players we loved to hate; rabbit-out-of-the-hat revelations; an irascible judge. And for much of the late 1990s, it held our attention (if not always our comprehension) like a flickering computer monitor. US v. Microsoft, the nation's biggest antitrust trial since the break-up of Ma Bell almost 20 years earlier, played itself out before us in many fascinating ways. Whether you were a techno-geek who spent his off-hours tinkering with the Windows registry for relaxation, a state attorney-general concerned about the near total dominance of the Windows operating system for the world's PCs, a student of the human character, a corporate PR counsel, a manager at a dot-com, or just someone who wondered why her PC seemed to crash more times than a Ford Pinto, there was something in the case of US v. Microsoft for you.

Now two journalists have produced an eyewitness account of this landmark trial. Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr covered the story for The New York Times from the beginning. Given that, this book is likely to become the definitive work on the case for the general reader. Brinkley and Lohr pull together a comprehensive chronology of the events that led up to the trial and the judge's proposed remedy: the break-up of the world's largest, richest and most powerful software company. They frame their reportage (much of which is reproduced from their Times news stories) with fresh commentary and analysis of key events and biographical portraits of the players on both sides. It's all here: the damning internal e-mail messages; the botched technical demonstrations used to counter the government's proposed remedies; Microsoft's competitors twisting the knife on the witness stand; the infamous videotape presentation before the court by Bill Gates; Judge Jackson's incredulity at some of the testimony.

And while the final verdict may yet be years away, the case of US v. Microsoft will provide many salutary lessons for both governments and large companies--many of which in the high-tech world are growing bigger every day. --Alan J White