Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson today issued the expected guilty verdict in the Microsoft antitrust case. He concluded that "Microsoft maintained its monopoly power by anticompetitive means and attempted to monopolise the Web browser market."

Jackson also concludes that Microsoft violated the Sherman antitrust act "by unlawfully tying its Web browser to its operating system." But there´s some small cheer for Redmond here - Jackson doesn´t reckon that Microsoft´s marketing deals with otrher companies (i.e., with ISPs and, maybe, OEMs, "constituted unlawful exclusive dealing."

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