[PLUG] Oregonian letter, HB 2892

[Russell Evans]

http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech/200108/msg00038.html
She was elevated to the Federal District Court in 1997 by President Clinton,
and today she was widely praised for being evenhanded and diligent.

http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/1980.htm
the case was withdrawn by William F. Baxter, assistant attorney general in
charge of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, on January 8, 1982.
Baxter signed a Stipulation of Dismissal that stated the government's charges
were "without merit." It was later discovered that Baxter had failed to
disclose that he had been retained as a consultant to a West Coast law firm
defending IBM in private antitrust cases. 

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/facultysenate/archive/1999_2000/reports/106339/106
421.html
But the high point of Bill's career was unquestionably the Bell System
divestiture, comparable only to the breakup of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey in 1911. His position was controversial even within the Administration,
being strongly opposed by among others the Secretary of Defense, who rather
outranked him. But its benefits for consumers and for the competitiveness of
the US telecommunications industry have been widely praised by economists, and
in 1996 he was a co-recipient of the John Sherman Award, for his "vision and
courage".

Thank you
Russell



On 03 May 2003 16:12:44 -0700, Ed Sawicki said:

> On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 16:02, Russell Evans wrote:
>  > The judge in the Microsoft case that handled things after Jackson was Judge
>  > Kollar-Kotelly. She was appointed to the United States District Court in May
>  > 1997.  Remind me again when Bush was elected.
>  
>  Your point is what?
>  
>  
>  > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-241565.html?legacy=cnet
>  > The 13-year investigation, which required IBM to retain 200 attorneys at one
>  > point, fizzled in the early '80s as the computing landscape shifted from
>  > mainframes to personal computers. The government abandoned the tainted effort
>  > entirely in 1982, as clones of the IBM PC eroded Big Blue's dominance.
>  
>  What do clones of the PC have to do with anything when,
>  as you say, the investigation was on-going for 13 years?
>  Do you think the DOJ dropped the case just because IBM
>  had competition in one market segment that was
>  insignificant to IBM at the time?
>  
>  Will some future historian claim that Microsoft was
>  forgiven their crimes because their X-Box did not do
>  well?
>  
>  
>  > 
>  > Thank you
>  > Russell
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > On 03 May 2003 15:10:16 -0700, Ed Sawicki said:
>  > 
>  > 
>  > >  Facts are facts. In all major battles between corporate 
>  > >  monopolists and the U.S. government (DOJ and FTC) that
>  > >  I've paid attention to, it was a Republican administration
>  > >  that dropped the case, or forgave the crime in some way.
>  > >  One of the more obvious examples in the computer industry
>  > >  is  (Ronald Regan administration), where the case was
>  > >  dropped. Now Microsoft (Bush administration), where the
>  > >  company was convicted but was not punished for the crime.