Microsoft Says DoJ’s Remedies Excessive

Microsoft has asked the Washington, D.C., district court to summarily reject the breakup proposal from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). In its place, Microsoft released its own proposals to remedy the company’s alleged antitrust infractions, proposals that indicate the company plans to exhaust the appeals process. In reply to the DoJ proposal—which Microsoft views as “draconian”—the company offered a relatively lightweight list of provisions. The provisions make only minor changes to current business practices and do not prevent the company from pursuing some of the policies that got it into court in the first place.

Actions Did Not Contribute to Monopoly

Microsoft’s key argument against stiff remedies such as breaking up the company or requiring it to reveal source code is that no violations of antitrust law enabled the company to achieve or to significantly maintain its monopoly, and remedies that destroy its monopoly are therefore unwarranted.

Citing Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson’s