We are fully confident that at the end of the appellate process we will have been successful in persuading the court that Microsoft's conduct, the challenged conduct in this lawsuit, was not only not anticompetitive, it was pro-competitive.
Consumers always benefit by competition, they never benefit by monopoly.
Consumers, most of all, will have greater choice, they'll have additional products, they may pay lower prices, they probably will have better service. Over the past twenty years, no company has done more for consumers and our national economy than Microsoft. D-N.Y. Copyright 2000 Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.