Experts: Sun lawsuit is ridicules
C|Net | at | by Mike
Legal experts describe Sun Microsystems' lawsuit against Microsoft as very aggressive and expansive, going well beyond anything pursued by federal and state trustbusters. And in many important respects, they say, the suit could be tough to win in its current form.
"The breadth of this suit is tremendous," said Bob Lande, an antitrust professor with the University of Baltimore Law School. "It's broader than the U.S. suits and the European suits put together." Besides the U.S. case settled in November by the Justice Department and nine of 18 states, the European Union is investigating whether Microsoft used its dominance in desktop operating systems to gain unfair advantage in the server-software market.
The lawsuit is so large, legal experts warn, that Sun could be embarking on a course that will require a decade or more of resources without any certain beneficial outcome.