The Findings of Fact
Judge Jackson said that Microsoft failed
to identify a common market in which AOL was a significant competitor on equal
footing. As a result, he continued as planned with his Findings of Fact, which
was completed around November 1999.
The findings say that Microsoft has monopoly power over the
operating system market for PCs and desktop computers, which is not in itself
illegal. They also say that Microsoft has used that monopoly to engage in
anticompetitive practices, which is illegal, and that these anticompetitive
practices harmed consumers by stifling innovation and raising prices, further
incriminating Microsoft.
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