Robert Litan
Robert Litan
companies content fear maybe perhaps problem seeing wrestling
Perhaps the EC is going to investigate it. Maybe they fear that a combination of content companies with distribution companies is a problem, but I am wrestling with seeing what the antitrust problem is in the U.S.
jackson rest slap tying
Even if they slap Jackson down on the tying issue, there still will be the rest of the verdict.
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Microsoft did a whole bunch more things wrong after the consent decree. A breakup is not as preposterous today as it was back then.
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I don't know whether they can get the momentum back. At this point, they're in damage control mode.
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It's not without basis to say that the Court of Appeals is the preferred place for Microsoft, ... But normally on fact finding, appeals judges give great deference to a lower court.
competition imagine mostly source unlikely
It's the mostly unlikely source of competition that I can imagine for Microsoft. It's amazing.
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It's against the Justice Department's interest to have Judge Jackson make an immediate remedy decision because that increases the odds that he would be reversed on appeal. There is a fair chance that experts who have already submitted affidavits in the case will be called as witnesses and there will be a mini-trial that revolves around remedies.
cash cow issue
This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow.
congress involved theater wants
Oftentimes, Congress wants to get involved because of the theater of it all,
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A disproportionate number of innovations are developed by entrepreneurs, as opposed to big firms.
direction far move
is a move in the right direction but doesn't go far enough.
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On the surface, the only apparent antitrust problem appears to be the fact that AOL and Time Warner's Roadrunner might be seen as being competing Internet services. But Roadrunner is a pipsqueak of a player compared to AOL's service. It's conceivable they could force the divestiture of Roadrunner. But that's not a big deal.
guidance justices question
He will be one influential judge--no question about it. I think the justices will look to him for guidance because he had that job.
problem
I don't see where there is a problem in the U.S.,