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                Date: 1998-05-18
                 
                 
                DOJ klagt Micro/soft
                
                 
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DOJ klagt Micro/soft 
zwanzig U.S. Bundestaaten klagen mit. 
 
DOJ, states file suits  
By Dan Goodin 
Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM  
May 18, 1998, 10 a.m. PT  
 
 
update Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia today 
joined the Justice Department in filing parallel historic antitrust suits 
against Microsoft.  
 
The states coordinated their actions with the DOJ and filed the lawsuits 
in U.S. District Court in Washington.  
 
"The Justice Department alleges that Microsoft has engaged in a series of 
anticompetitive practices," U.S. attorney general Janet   Reno said at a 
press conference in Washington. "In short, Microsoft used its monopoly 
power to develop a chokehold on the  browser software needed to access the 
Internet."  
 
According to assistant attorney general Joel Klein: "What the evidence 
shows is that Microsoft, from [Microsoft chief executive] Bill Gates on 
down, quickly realized that Netscape's Internet browser posed a real 
threat to Microsoft's Windows monopoly."  
 
In a press conference, Gates responded that the suit is without merit. 
"There isn't an industry in America today that is more competitive [and] 
more alive and the amazing thing is that has all happened without any 
government intervention," he said. "This suit is all about Micrsoft's 
right to innovate on behalf of consumers." 
 
Klein said today's lawsuit is being filed to address "time-sensitive 
aspects" of the shipment of Windows 98, but added, "Our investigation of 
other 
Microsoft practices is ongoing." 
 
The two lawsuits contain almost identical allegations and seek similar 
remedies. They partly rely on Microsoft internal memos, including email 
from 
Gates, as evidence in the case.  
 
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