U.S. v. Microsoft: The Inside Story of the Landmark Case
Author: Joel Brinkley, Steve Lohr
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ISBN: 007135588X
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (10 August, 2000)
Sales Rank: 78,181
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 out of 5
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Rating: 2 out of 5
US V MICROSOFT
The book does not go into real detail. Everything in the book you could have learned from the nightly news. No new discoveries or anything. Book is filled with Newspaper articles that repeat the same thing over and over again. I dont think they could have mentioned that microsoft owns more than 90% of the worlds operating systems any more than they did. It was on every page!
Rating: 5 out of 5
A very good story.
Looking for an excellent story that seems to deliver both sides of the law suit brought against Microsoft, than this book is a must read for you. The authors take on a delicate subject and give you the best opportunity to make an informed decision.Using actual court transcripts, documents and company emails, a story develops with a natural curiosity that kept this reader going along and following the story as if it was actually taking place in the present time frame. The story does not read like a mystery novel, a thriller or action story, instead the blend of legal-ease and objective opinion makes the book enjoyable. The overall reality of the storyline is what gives this book a real shot in the arm. Over 350 pages are not near enough to completely cover this story, as there is room for 350 more. The refreshing blend of investigative journalism and objective reporting are certainly the high points of the book. Overall this is one the best books I have read this year.
Rating: 5 out of 5
good story, valuable reference
If you want to understand the Microsoft case - the people behind it and the evolving context of antitrust law - this is the book. What it is, really, is a reference work - the New York Times coverage - surrounded by additional reporting and writing from the authors Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr. It begins with a long lead-in chapter that traces the investigative origins of the case and the hardening position of the Justice Department and state investigators - and the early lost opportunities to settle the case by Microsoft. It has profiles of the key players in the case, it explains the shifts in antitrust doctrine over the years, and it has an intriguing piece on the tricky role played by Microsoft's competitors in encouraging the government to pursue the case. And Judge Jackson's comments, based on interviews during and after the trial, provide a fascinating and controversial glimpse of how his views of the company became increasingly negative as the case went on. Microsoft is basing its appeal partly on its claim that the judge's comments to the press, especially granting interviews to the New York Times before the case had left his courtroom, were improper. But what this book is not is a Microsoft book. What you learn about the company is based mainly on the testimony for the company and against it, and the evidence in the trial. What emerges is a picture of a company convinced that it is right, even virtuous, and whose win-every-point mentality that served it so well in the marketplace worked against it in the antitrust case. And oddly, after reading the book, I had the impression that while Microsoft is going to lose this case, it will probably not end up, after all the appeals, as the one-way shellacking it was in Judge Jackson's courtroom. The importance of that is that it will affect the eventual sanctions against Microsoft. In short, don't bet on a breakup of the company. This case isn't over yet. Similar Products
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