Patrick Thibodeau - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Patrick Thibodeau

Article | 30/03/2000 MS/DOJ - Conduct Remedy Deemed Likely in Microsoft Case

A settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case that doesn't break the company up has always been possible, but the toughest problem in crafting any sett...

Article | 24/02/2000 Judge's pointed queries to Microsoft buoy govt

With closing arguments over, it is now up to Microsoft antitrust trial Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to issue a verdict, and he did little yesterday t...

Article | 18/02/2000 Microsoft calls potential breakup a "death sentence"

Microsoft believes that "a commonsense settlement" to its antitrust case should be possible, and that a breakup would be the equivalent of a "regulato...

Article | 10/02/2000 Tech heavyweights back Net taxes

Business representatives on a Congressional committee examining Internet taxation call for ending "disparate tax treatment of Main Street and Internet...

Article | 7/02/2000 Antitrust trial briefs pile in

In a series of court papers filed last week by friends and foes of Microsoft, antitrust trial Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson got volumes of advice for ...

Article | 1/01/2000 White House: No big Y2K problems in Asia yet

By late morning yesterday in the US, the New Year had arrived in about one-third of the world, but the year 2000 computer problem had failed to trigge...

Article | 13/09/1999 DOJ vs. Microsoft: We're getting down to the end

Each of the two sides in the Microsoft antitrust case filed blistering rebuttals to the other side's version of the facts in the latest round in the c...

Article | 28/05/1999 Microsoft threatened PC makers, says IBM

A top IBM executive has testified in the Microsoft antitrust case that Microsoft made threats against PC makers who were considering IBM's OS/2 operat...

Article | 3/05/1999 How should Microsoft be punished?

In the belief that Microsoft will either lose its antitrust case or settle, antitrust experts, industry groups and some software businesses met last w...

Article | 26/03/1999 Microsoft to discuss settlement with DoJ

The US DoJ and state attorneys general will meet with Microsoft next week to discuss the company's offer to settle its antitrust case. Details about t...

Article | 17/02/1999 MS/DoJ: Memorandum spells anticompetitive behaviour

Presenting evidence in court today, the US DoJ has alleged that Microsoft attempted to divide the personal finance software market with Intuit.

Article | 4/02/1999 MS/DoJ: Defence loses video evidence battle

The US DoJ has stunned the courtroom in showing that beyond doubt Microsoft used multiple PCs to film a videotape segment the company had implied was ...

Article | 12/01/1999 MS/DOJ: MS witness sees no monopoly

Microsoft's first witness will testify in the antitrust trial against the software giant that Microsoft does not have a monopoly, and that consumers h...

Article | 16/12/1998 MS/DoJ: On tape, Gates queried on IBM

The US Department of Justice has dusted off Bill Gate's videotaped testimony once again, the DoJ attempting to attack his credibility and the business...

Article | 14/12/1998 MS/DoJ: Witness to show how IE can be removed

A Princeton University computer scientist is to testify in the US vs. Microsoft antitrust trial today, aiming to show how he safely removed Internet E...