Expert Says Code Disclosure Harmful
WinInfo | at | by Mike
In yesterday's antitrust hearings, an economist testified that the nine nonsettling states and the District of Columbia's proposal to force Microsoft to reveal Internet Explorer (IE) and MSN Explorer source code would help competitors, not consumers. Economist Carl Shapiro described the plan as an "inappropriate taking of Microsoft's intellectual property" that would most clearly help Internet-access market leader AOL Time Warner.