Tangentially to all of speculation, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued his conclusions of law in the case of United States v. Microsoft Corp. (2001) and ruled that Microsoft was guilty of monopolization and tying in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This led to a one-day 15% decline in the value of shares in Microsoft and a 350-point, or 8%, drop in the value of the Nasdaq. Many people saw the legal actions as bad for technology in general. That same day, Bloomberg News published a widely read article that stated: "It's time, at last, to pay attention to the numbers".
tangentially to all of speculation judge thomas penfield jackson issued his conclusions of law in the case of united states v microsoft corp (2001) and ruled that microsoft was guilty of monopolization and tying in violation of the sherman antitrust act this led to a one-day 15% decline in the value of shares in microsoft and a 350-point or 8% drop in the value of the nasdaq many people saw the legal actions as bad for technology in general that same day bloomberg news published a widely read article that stated "it's time at last to pay attention to the numbers"