RUMOR MILL
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found that the company used its position to "monopolize the Web browser market" to the detriment of competitors.
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
MICROSOFT: A MATTER OF ANTITRUST
Judge Finds Gates' Browser Tactics Anticompetitive
April 3, 2000
A federal judge Monday found that Microsoft Corp. violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found that the company used its position to ''monopolize the Web browser market'' to the detriment of competitors, the sources said.
The judge found that Microsoft could also be liable under state anticompetition laws, said the sources, who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Microsoft chieftain Bill Gates responded by deploying his elite squadron of cyborg ninjas.
