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Welcome! Patricia Weiss, Editor Welcome to this quarter’s News ’N Notes by Dennis Winsten & Associates, Inc. We intend our newsletter to be informative, useful, and entertaining. Please send any comments and suggestions in that regard. |
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Dennis Winsten |
Tucson |
David Shafer |
Phoenix |
John McMahan |
Tucson |
June Petrocelly |
Dallas |
Braulio Antonio “Tony” Guereña |
Tucson |
Lew Riggs, Ed. D. |
Tucson |
Kathleen Scheele |
Phoenix |
Dan Yokota |
Albuquerque |
Lonnie Vanderslice |
Kansas City |
Paul Bozzo, M.D. |
Tucson |
Lynda Hunter |
Kansas City |
William Kleinschmidt |
Salt Lake City |
Carol Thies |
Tucson |
James H. Webb, D.O. |
Portland |
Patricia Weiss |
Tucson |
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My 2 ¢ents
JDavid Shafer, Consultantt
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The news headlines read, “Department of Justice sues largest Computer Company,” and “DOJ files anti-trust action against dominant Computer Company.” These are not recent; they are from 1969, when the Department of Justice filed suit against IBM. The DOJ had filed two previous anti-trust actions against IBM in 1932 (for requiring customers to use only its punch cards) and again in 1952. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the DOJ in the case filed in 1932; IBM signed a consent decree requiring the company to sell as well as lease its tabulators in 1956. However, the case filed in 1969 continued for 13 years. A new administration in Washington reviewed the case within the Justice Department. It was found to be without merit by the DOJ and was dismissed. Once again, the Department of Justice has brought an anti-trust action against the predominant computer company of our time. The DOJ has pursued Microsoft since its initial actions in 1994, when Microsoft agreed that it could not require businesses licensing the Windows operating system to license other products as well. In May 1998, the DOJ and 20 (article continued) |
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