Final Microsoft antitrust overseer named
C|Net | at | by Mike
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday nominated a Silicon Valley engineer and entrepreneur to a technical committee that will oversee Microsoft's compliance with its antitrust settlement. If approved by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Edward Stritter would become the final member of the three-person committee that was created last year as part of the deal that ended the government's courtroom pursuit of Microsoft. A representative for the software titan said the company did not object to Stritter's appointment to the panel.
The Justice Department and the state attorneys general who signed the settlement said they performed a "thorough background investigation" before recommending Stritter. "Mr. Stritter is an expert in software design and programming and does not have a conflict of interest that could prevent him from performing his duties under the final judgment in a fair and unbiased manner," the Justice Department said in a court filing.