States, Microsoft First Day of Hearings
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Precedent-setting hearings to determine whether Microsoft will face stricter antitrust remedies than those imposed by the company's proposed settlement with the US government kicked off yesterday in a Washington D.C federal courthouse. Squaring off against the software giant are nine US states--including California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia--and the District of Columbia, which argued in court yesterday that Microsoft was still a bully, "like a heavy in a grade B movie." For its part, Microsoft says the more draconian measures requested by the states would help only its competitors, and not consumers.