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29276 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 86 / Friday, May 3, 2002 / Notices TO APPENDIX TO MEMORANDUM OF ‘‘We’ve been trying to get into the Microsoft’s ?? advantage—that it devel??ps AMICI CURIAE IN OPPOSITION TO networking capability of Microsoft’s products both the basic operating-system ??oftware PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT IN CIVIL and find there’s one con, non theme: that makes personal com??ters run, known as ACTION NO. 94–1564 NETBIOS,’’ Caro said. Microsoft does not yet MS-DOS. and ??pphactons software, like SIGNED BY GARY REBACK support native TCP/IP, but uses NETBIOS or word-pro??essing programs or spreadsheets, 2ND STORY of Level I printed in FULL NETBEUI encapsulated within TCP/IP, he ??nat perform spec?? ?? format. Copyright 1994 Network World, Inc. said. ‘‘Microsoft s whole empire is based in the Network World July 25, 1994 94–1564 ‘‘we’re totally uninterested in any interlocking nature of their ??perating-system FILED FEB 14 1995 approach like this; it can’t handle a network and application oftware.’’ said William Joy, SECTION: TOP NEWS; Pg. 4 of more than 50 users and is terrible over the a ??ounder of Sun Microsystems, and the LENGTH: 724 words wide area,’’ Caro said. ??uthor of one version of the Unix Perating HEADLINE: Microsoft free at last?; And Windows NT has proved unable to system. Ruling still lets firm incorporate apps in its handle the applications that Otis wants to ??Vol a Central Issue Microsoft officials OSes. take off its mainframe system, because said Saturday ??nal issues related to the Clerk, U.S. District Court Windows NT is not a multiuser environment. relationship ?? their operating software and District of Columbia But Caro respects Microsoft’s ability to their ??ppicaons programs had not been BYLINE: Michael Csenger and adam Gaffin change course as necessary and awaits the ??ocus of their ?? nego??anons with us??ce BODY: promised native TCP/IP support in Chicago. Department officials. Washington, DC ‘‘That one feature alone is going to cause MS-DOS and the Windows proram, which The antitrust settlement Microsoft Corp. dramatic change in network connectivity,’’ makes DOS easier to ?? are installed in reached with the Justice Department skirted said Nick Lippis, principal at Strategic millions of com. ?? worldwide White the an issue central to network users, paving the Networks Consulting, Inc. in Rockland, Jusuce ??epartiment has decided that Micro?? way for the software giant to continue Mass., referring to Windows’’ TCP/IP. does have a monopoly in opera?? ?? systems, integrating applications with its desktop and Native TCP/IP support for Chicago could it ?? that the ?? changes the c??unsent decree network operating systems. help Microsoft cut into Novell’s installed spells ??ut provide a remedy. The consent decree, announced July 16, NetWare client base by providing an Yet many Microsoft compet??nors ??ce a focused almost entirely on the way Microsoft alternative to Novell’s Internetwork Packet broader problem, as well: the ??ne between sold operating systems to hardware vendors. Exchange (IPX) protocol. If the desktop where the operating system ends and the But it does not prevent the company from operating systems supported TCP/IP directly, applications pro??las start is increasingly integrating applications into the operating ‘‘why continue with IPX?’’ Lippis asked. being ??lurred by advances in technology. system itself. NOVELL NOT WORRIED ??Smaller compe??tors with innovave ideas ‘‘I laugh when I hear people say it’s all over Competing software vendors such as Lotus in businesses as diverse as ?? man. ?? for Novell now, we should pack up and go Development Corp. had long alleged that compression, home,’’ said David Bradford, vice president Microsoft’s applications division received ?? creates more storage space on disk, and and general counsel for Novell. unfair information from its operating systems screen savers, which pre?? ent damage to ‘‘Microsoft has come against Novell division that gave the company a leg up on mounors, are finding ?? their business is [several] now with their networking the competition. products, and we’ve beat them every time,’’ evaporating because Microsoft keeps adding Some analysts and users said the decree, Bradford said. such programs to ?? operating system as ?? which also poses stricter controls on the Bradford also noted that this consent periodically brings out an updated version. royalties Microsoft can collect from personal decree does not close Microsoft’s books A Microsoft’s operating system scheduled computer vendors, leaves the path clear for forever. ‘‘They will be monitored, perhaps for release next year, called Chicago, will Microsoft to mop up competitors that sell even more so than before,’’ he said. ‘‘The acceler?? the process The program will stand-alone applications, resulting in more industry and consumers have an ally in the mer??e DOS and Windows and will include limited user choice down the road. Justice Department.’’ electronic mail, remote access, filesearching SKEPTICISM Frank Dzubeck, president of functions and screen savers. Since But others said Microsoft has yet to prove Communications Network Architects, Inc., in introducing MS-DOS in 1981. to the market that it has operating systems Washington, DC, agrees that the case may not Microsoft has continually campaigned to and networked applications worth betting a yet be closed. expand the ?? of what computing functions business on. ‘‘A lot of its networking ‘‘If Microsoft gets very aggressive and starts belong inside the computer operating system. products are either futures or first-generation burying things in their operating systems, The early vers?? of DOS were small products,’’ said Jamie Lewis, president of The then this whole issue will be revisited, he programs that did ?? more than control the Burton Group, a Salt Lake City consulting said. But it will require that another company storage and ?? of data and start and stop firm. The company faces entrenched and first go bankrupt.’’ applications programs. But in the 14 years growing user bases for both Novell, Inc.’s LANGUAGE: ENGLISH that followed, Microsoft’s ??rating systems NetWare operating systems and Lotus’’ Notes LOAD-DATE-MDC: July 27, 1994 have greatly expanded the servtees they groupware applications, he said. Users also TO APPENDIX TO MEMORANDUM OF provide to users and programmers The other expressed skepticism. AMICI CURIAE IN OPPOSITION TO important issue not specifically addressed in ‘‘Microsoft promises Chicago and Cairo PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT IN CIVIL the consent decree is whether Microsoft has and a whole lot of networking, but the ACTION NO. 94–1564 been able to leverage us virtual monopoly ?? question is, will it work before they run out SIGNED BY GARY REBACK operating systems into domination of of cities to name these things after?’’ quipped Business Day applications software—a far bigger and more a network manager whose major brokerage M?? lucrative market This matter is of great house network runs on Unix. The New Work Times concern to companies like Lotus windows NT is not a truly open Microsoft’s Barely Limited Future Development. environment, he said, ‘‘Because if Gates By JOHN MARKOFF Boarland International and Novell, and its doesn’t have it then neither do you, and I’d ?? recently acquired Wordperfect—which rather not put myself in his hands. That’s SAN FRANCISCO, June 17—Rath?? than specialize in applications software. About why we’ve standardized on Unix for our reining in the Microsoft Corporation, the half of the 50 million computers that run trading floor.’’ consent deeree that the Justice Department Windows, for example use Microsoft’s word Frank Caro, technology transition team announced over the weekend with Microsoft. processor, called Word, and its spreadsheet, leader for Otis Elevator Co. in Farmington, the world’s largest software publisher, frees Excel. Conn., cited interoperability problems with the company to define the computer It was for that reason that lawyers at the Microsoft’s current Windows implementation mudstry’s ground ?? through the rest of the Federal Trade commission toyed two years of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet decade. ago with the idea of breaking Microsoft into Protocol as an example of the company’s The agreement leaves ??intouched what two companies, More recently, Justice network shortcomings. many computer in??justry executives say is Department investigators are believed to have VerDate 11<MAY>2000 01:17 Apr 29, 2002 Jkt 189961 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\OC\A76AD3.078 pfrm11 PsN: ADBOOK11 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 86 / Friday, May 3, 2002 / Notices 29277 studied ways of creating some sort of operating-system features and providing system might be. This will, of course, lead to ‘‘Chinese wall’’ that might limit the earlier access to technical information for its code that is optimized for Windows. (Okay. information traveling between the two sides programmers. Microsoft is a bit confused here. This is of the business. Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Microsoft officials said the Government because part of the company wants to protect Attorney General in charge of annt??rust had found no evidence that such a special the rights of its Word and Excel teams by matters, refused to comment on the issue. But advantage existed. ‘‘We don’t think this is insisting on special terms for using the cross- in response to a question whether, the market power in the traditional an??trust platform code for people who write word department had considered trying to split sense.’’ Said William h. Neukom, the processors or spreadsheets.) Microsoft, she said Sa??day that her lawyers, company’s vice president for law and TIE RIGHT NETWORK bad looked at ‘‘every possible legal th?? ory corporate affairs. ‘‘Anyone can come in and The dominance in tools, applications, and ?? Linkage Is Seft-Pedaled?? upset you with better technology. We think operating systems may be just the beginning.