Bristol Ruling May Rouse Microsoft Critics Wake-up Call for Microsoft Critics? Paul Jones
Microsoft's victory over Bristol today is a strong psychological boon for a company whose image has been sullied by a series of lawsuits.
A federal jury's unanimous verdict that Bristol had not met its burden in proving Microsoft violated Connecticut and federal antitrust charges, is likely to give Microsoft opponents pause before they file their own antitrust lawsuits, some attorneys added.
The jury said that Bristol had failed to prove that distinct markets existed for sales of workstation and server operating systems.
The Bristol lawsuit means that the win is not likely to carry much weight in separate court cases that also accuse Microsoft of violating antitrust laws, legal observers said.
