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09-05-02, 09:51 AM
Governments around the world, afraid that Microsoft has become too powerful in critical software markets, have begun working to ensure an alternative.
"All we're looking for is a level playing field competitively," said Peter Houston, a senior strategy executive in Microsoft's Windows group.
(Illegally stifling choice, of course, was precisely what the federal courts in the long-running antitrust case ruled that Microsoft did in the market for personal computer software.)
Free global competition article (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/technology/05CODE.html?ex=1031889600&en=eb7320f28c60c182&ei=5043&partner=excite)
"All we're looking for is a level playing field competitively," said Peter Houston, a senior strategy executive in Microsoft's Windows group.
(Illegally stifling choice, of course, was precisely what the federal courts in the long-running antitrust case ruled that Microsoft did in the market for personal computer software.)
Free global competition article (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/technology/05CODE.html?ex=1031889600&en=eb7320f28c60c182&ei=5043&partner=excite)