Microsoft hearing explores whether antitrust laws need upgrade.
The March 3, 1998, appearance of Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates before the Senate Judiciary Committee highlighted the issues of whether the software giant is a monopoly that should be reined in and, more importantly, whether America's antitrust laws can keep up with the rapid and frequently unp...
| Publicado en: | Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 558 - 560 |
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Congressional Quarterly Inc.
March 7 1998
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