Microsoft responds in antitrust showdown
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft turned to Google for a little help this week as it fought to finally get antitrust eyes off its back.
On Tuesday, the company fired back at two groups of states requesting that most aspects of Microsoft's consent decree be extended for another five years. And to help make its case, Microsoft pointed to Google's stock valuation as proof that innovation in the computer industry is thriving.
This is just the latest development in a long and torturous case that gained momentum in 2002 when Microsoft agreed to settle its long-running antitrust case with the federal government and several states. A federal judge had previously ruled that Microsoft was in violation of antitrust laws, a decision that had been upheld on appeal.