Sun Microsystems-Reality Check
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Heads Up 10/97
Bad news comes in threes--and it now looks like Microsoft has received what could be the knockout punch. Just weeks after Sun Microsystems filed suit against Microsoft and Ralph Nader scheduled a conference in Washington D.C. to discuss Microsoft's business practices, the Justice Department asked a federal court to impose a $1 million-a-day fine against Microsoft. The DOJ is objecting to Microsoft's licensing practices, an issue that was also raised by the European Commission last week in a Reuters report. And all that's in the midst of the attorneys general of six states announcing their own probes of the company. Read how all this is coming about in the following online reporting. Will call to arms slow Microsoft? Justice v. Microsoft: The New Browser Battle PC makers show their worst fears 55 words at heart of Microsoft case U.S. versus MS: Legal woes could alter Microsoft development
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