No antitrust case in recent history has attracted as much public
attention as U.S v. Microsoft Corp. Nor has any antitrust case in memory
raised as many complex, substantive issues of law, economics and public
policy. Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy: Selected Essays
constitutes an early effort to analyze some of the central issues and to
put the case in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of
government in managing markets - especially in technology driven New
Economy industries.
All of these essays, it should be noted, are written by critics of the
government's efforts to regulate Microsoft. Indeed, many are by
individuals who were closely involved in the company's legal defense and
served as consultants to Microsoft. But their work should be judged on
the merits rather than their provenance. For all represent serious
scholarship by researchers committed to advancing the debate over
government regulatory policies.