The Microsoft Case

Preface

1. Origins
Ideological Sources of Antimonopolization Law
Microsoft’s Predecessors: The Public Monopolization Case
Microsoft’s Beginnings: A Post-Chicago Convergence

2. Decisions
Chronology
The Liability Decisions
The Remedial Decisions
The Follow-on Private Litigation
The European Commission Decision

3. Markets
Two Systems of Belief about Operating Systems and Middleware
Network Effects and Related Economic Concepts
Defining Software Markets

4. Practices I: Integration
A Preliminary Skirmish
Integration on Trial
Rethinking and Redefining Integration under Sherman Act Standards

5. Practices II: The Market Division Proposal, Exclusive Contracts, and Java
The Market Division Proposal
The Exclusive Contracts
Java

6. Remedies
The Goals of Antitrust Remedies

Structural Remedies
Conduct Remedies
Damage Remedies

Aftermath
Notes
Index