[huskerlug] Busted?
- From: Bryan <bgc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:01:24 -0600
I wonder if anything will come of this?
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT CASE
Comes vs. Microsoft, Inc.
January 22, 2007
Contact: Eileen Wixted 515-240-6115
Jim Hibbs 515-201-9004
Coverage Notes:
Office 515-226-0818
1. Plaintiffs officially notify the U.S. Department of
Justice and the Iowa Attorney
General of Microsoft’s noncompliance with the 2002
Final Judgment in United
States v. Microsoft.
2. Exhibit of interest: PX7278 shows that Vista
evangelists at Microsoft raved about
Apple’s Mac Tiger in 2004. WEB AND BROADCAST
EDITORS PLEASE
NOTE LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION BEFORE PUBLISHING
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about Microsoft’s
anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
1. Plaintiffs notify the Department of Justice and
Iowa Attorney General Tom
Miller of Microsoft’s non-compliance with the 2002 Final Judgment in
United States v.
Microsoft.
Today, Roxanne Conlin, co-lead counsel for the Plaintiffs in
Comes v. Microsoft, sent a
letter to Thomas Barnett of the United States Department of Justice
and Iowa Attorney General
Tom Miller, informing them that the Comes Plaintiffs have obtained
confidential discovery
materials from Microsoft showing that Microsoft is not complying
with, and is circumventing, its
disclosure obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment entered by the
federal court in United
States v. Microsoft.
The 2002 Final Judgment requires Microsoft to fully disclose
applications programming
interfaces (“APIs”) and related documentation used by Microsoft. An
expert retained by
Plaintiffs analyzed source code and other materials produced by
Microsoft in the Comes matter,
and has concluded that a large number of Windows APIs used by
Microsoft middleware remain
undocumented. Because of the important public policy considerations
associated with
Microsoft’s obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment, Plaintiffs
received permission from the
Polk County District Court to discuss the matter with appropriate
authorities.
2. Rave reviews of Apple’s Mac Tiger by Vista
evangelists in 2004 were “hard
to take,” according to Microsoft’s Jim Allchin. NOTE LANGUAGE
A series of e-mail messages from June 2004 show that
“evangelists” for Microsoft’s
Vista operating system and others at Microsoft secretly conceded the
superiority of Apple’s Mac
Tiger operating system. In one email, Microsoft “evangelist” Lenn
Pryor raved about the
functionality of Mac Tiger, which he called “fucking amazing.” Pryor
stated, “it is like I just got
a free pass to Longhorn land today,” a reference to the code name for
Microsoft’s Vista, which
would not be released for another two and half years. After another
Microsoft employee
owing information was provided by Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates
(WPNT). WPNT is working on behalf of Plaintiffs
ith media inquiries. Questions regarding the Comes v. Microsoft case
can be directed to Eileen Wixted or Jim Hibbs at
.0818.
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT
CASE
Comes vs.
Microsoft, Inc.
remarked, “interesting reaction from one of our LH [i.e. Longhorn]
evangelists,” Jim Allchin,
Product Manager for Vista, responded, “I know. It is hard to take.” See
PX7278 at
www.iowaconsumercase.com.
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about
Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
David Bradford, former General Counsel for software company
Novell, took the stand
today to testify about Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against
Novell and DR DOS.
Bradford testified that Bill Gates tried to initiate merger
talks between Microsoft and
Novell after Novell announced it was merging with Digital Research, Inc.
(“DRI”). Bradford
testified that Microsoft made it a condition of merger talks that Novell
keep its newly-acquired
operating systems competitor at arm’s length while the merger talks
continued, and then dragged
the talks out for several months. Bradford said as a result, the first
critical months after the
merger with DRI were wasted. Novell stopped the negotiations when
Microsoft acquired a
different company without notice to Novell. In retrospect, Bradford said
Novell came to believe
that the talks with Microsoft were a mistake and that Microsoft sought
the talks only to prevent
Novell from fully integrating DRI.
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT CASE
Comes vs. Microsoft, Inc.
January 22, 2007
Contact: Eileen Wixted 515-240-6115
Jim Hibbs 515-201-9004
Coverage Notes:
Office 515-226-0818
1. Plaintiffs officially notify the U.S. Department of
Justice and the Iowa Attorney
General of Microsoft’s noncompliance with the 2002
Final Judgment in United
States v. Microsoft.
2. Exhibit of interest: PX7278 shows that Vista
evangelists at Microsoft raved about
Apple’s Mac Tiger in 2004. WEB AND BROADCAST
EDITORS PLEASE
NOTE LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION BEFORE PUBLISHING
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about Microsoft’s
anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
1. Plaintiffs notify the Department of Justice and
Iowa Attorney General Tom
Miller of Microsoft’s non-compliance with the 2002 Final Judgment in
United States v.
Microsoft.
Today, Roxanne Conlin, co-lead counsel for the Plaintiffs in
Comes v. Microsoft, sent a
letter to Thomas Barnett of the United States Department of Justice
and Iowa Attorney General
Tom Miller, informing them that the Comes Plaintiffs have obtained
confidential discovery
materials from Microsoft showing that Microsoft is not complying
with, and is circumventing, its
disclosure obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment entered by the
federal court in United
States v. Microsoft.
The 2002 Final Judgment requires Microsoft to fully disclose
applications programming
interfaces (“APIs”) and related documentation used by Microsoft. An
expert retained by
Plaintiffs analyzed source code and other materials produced by
Microsoft in the Comes matter,
and has concluded that a large number of Windows APIs used by
Microsoft middleware remain
undocumented. Because of the important public policy considerations
associated with
Microsoft’s obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment, Plaintiffs
received permission from the
Polk County District Court to discuss the matter with appropriate
authorities.
2. Rave reviews of Apple’s Mac Tiger by Vista
evangelists in 2004 were “hard
to take,” according to Microsoft’s Jim Allchin. NOTE LANGUAGE
A series of e-mail messages from June 2004 show that
“evangelists” for Microsoft’s
Vista operating system and others at Microsoft secretly conceded the
superiority of Apple’s Mac
Tiger operating system. In one email, Microsoft “evangelist” Lenn
Pryor raved about the
functionality of Mac Tiger, which he called “fucking amazing.” Pryor
stated, “it is like I just got
a free pass to Longhorn land today,” a reference to the code name for
Microsoft’s Vista, which
would not be released for another two and half years. After another
Microsoft employee
owing information was provided by Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates
(WPNT). WPNT is working on behalf of Plaintiffs
ith media inquiries. Questions regarding the Comes v. Microsoft case
can be directed to Eileen Wixted or Jim Hibbs at
.0818.
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT
CASE
Comes vs.
Microsoft, Inc.
remarked, “interesting reaction from one of our LH [i.e. Longhorn]
evangelists,” Jim Allchin,
Product Manager for Vista, responded, “I know. It is hard to take.” See
PX7278 at
www.iowaconsumercase.com.
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about
Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
David Bradford, former General Counsel for software company
Novell, took the stand
today to testify about Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against
Novell and DR DOS.
Bradford testified that Bill Gates tried to initiate merger
talks between Microsoft and
Novell after Novell announced it was merging with Digital Research, Inc.
(“DRI”). Bradford
testified that Microsoft made it a condition of merger talks that Novell
keep its newly-acquired
operating systems competitor at arm’s length while the merger talks
continued, and then dragged
the talks out for several months. Bradford said as a result, the first
critical months after the
merger with DRI were wasted. Novell stopped the negotiations when
Microsoft acquired a
different company without notice to Novell. In retrospect, Bradford said
Novell came to believe
that the talks with Microsoft were a mistake and that Microsoft sought
the talks only to prevent
Novell from fully integrating DRI.
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT CASE
Comes vs. Microsoft, Inc.
January 22, 2007
Contact: Eileen Wixted 515-240-6115
Jim Hibbs 515-201-9004
Coverage Notes:
Office 515-226-0818
1. Plaintiffs officially notify the U.S. Department of
Justice and the Iowa Attorney
General of Microsoft’s noncompliance with the 2002
Final Judgment in United
States v. Microsoft.
2. Exhibit of interest: PX7278 shows that Vista
evangelists at Microsoft raved about
Apple’s Mac Tiger in 2004. WEB AND BROADCAST
EDITORS PLEASE
NOTE LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION BEFORE PUBLISHING
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about Microsoft’s
anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
1. Plaintiffs notify the Department of Justice and
Iowa Attorney General Tom
Miller of Microsoft’s non-compliance with the 2002 Final Judgment in
United States v.
Microsoft.
Today, Roxanne Conlin, co-lead counsel for the Plaintiffs in
Comes v. Microsoft, sent a
letter to Thomas Barnett of the United States Department of Justice
and Iowa Attorney General
Tom Miller, informing them that the Comes Plaintiffs have obtained
confidential discovery
materials from Microsoft showing that Microsoft is not complying
with, and is circumventing, its
disclosure obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment entered by the
federal court in United
States v. Microsoft.
The 2002 Final Judgment requires Microsoft to fully disclose
applications programming
interfaces (“APIs”) and related documentation used by Microsoft. An
expert retained by
Plaintiffs analyzed source code and other materials produced by
Microsoft in the Comes matter,
and has concluded that a large number of Windows APIs used by
Microsoft middleware remain
undocumented. Because of the important public policy considerations
associated with
Microsoft’s obligations under the 2002 Final Judgment, Plaintiffs
received permission from the
Polk County District Court to discuss the matter with appropriate
authorities.
2. Rave reviews of Apple’s Mac Tiger by Vista
evangelists in 2004 were “hard
to take,” according to Microsoft’s Jim Allchin. NOTE LANGUAGE
A series of e-mail messages from June 2004 show that
“evangelists” for Microsoft’s
Vista operating system and others at Microsoft secretly conceded the
superiority of Apple’s Mac
Tiger operating system. In one email, Microsoft “evangelist” Lenn
Pryor raved about the
functionality of Mac Tiger, which he called “fucking amazing.” Pryor
stated, “it is like I just got
a free pass to Longhorn land today,” a reference to the code name for
Microsoft’s Vista, which
would not be released for another two and half years. After another
Microsoft employee
owing information was provided by Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates
(WPNT). WPNT is working on behalf of Plaintiffs
ith media inquiries. Questions regarding the Comes v. Microsoft case
can be directed to Eileen Wixted or Jim Hibbs at
.0818.
Media Update
RE:
IOWA COURT
CASE
Comes vs.
Microsoft, Inc.
remarked, “interesting reaction from one of our LH [i.e. Longhorn]
evangelists,” Jim Allchin,
Product Manager for Vista, responded, “I know. It is hard to take.” See
PX7278 at
www.iowaconsumercase.com.
3. Former General Counsel for software company Novell
testifies about
Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against Novell and DR DOS.
David Bradford, former General Counsel for software company
Novell, took the stand
today to testify about Microsoft’s anticompetitive conduct against
Novell and DR DOS.
Bradford testified that Bill Gates tried to initiate merger
talks between Microsoft and
Novell after Novell announced it was merging with Digital Research, Inc.
(“DRI”). Bradford
testified that Microsoft made it a condition of merger talks that Novell
keep its newly-acquired
operating systems competitor at arm’s length while the merger talks
continued, and then dragged
the talks out for several months. Bradford said as a result, the first
critical months after the
merger with DRI were wasted. Novell stopped the negotiations when
Microsoft acquired a
different company without notice to Novell. In retrospect, Bradford said
Novell came to believe
that the talks with Microsoft were a mistake and that Microsoft sought
the talks only to prevent
Novell from fully integrating DRI.
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