Microsoft v Microsoft

摘要

On paper at least, the trial of Microsoft for antitrust violations has all the makings of a terrific courtroom drama: on the cusp of the biggest economic boom most of us can remember, the world's largest company is sued by the world's most powerful government. Mountains of incriminating evidence reveal the business practices of its secretive and controversial boss, the richest man on earth. It ought to be edge-of-the-seat stuff, with sudden courtroom twists, smoking guns (or e-mails) and high-level corporate betrayals. Unfortunately, the rare moments of excitement in the trial were lost in grinding legal argument about consent decrees, application-programme interfaces and middleware. Making that sound dramatic is a challenge.