The OJ Simpson case of the business world. And the case that will write the rules for competition in high tech well into the next century. I'm fascinated by it, but not directly involved.
Here are some comments of mine. The case has moved on since the first two were written. But the material still seems fresh enough to post here.
The third is an interview by Dominic Gates (no relation, he says--although from some of the questions one might wonder) in the online magazine Pretext.
1. In the Case of Microsoft: an excerpt from my July 1996 article in Harvard Business Review. (Here is the complete article Increasing Returns and the New World of Business, in pdf format.)
2. The press handout for my talk at Ralph Nader's conference Appraising Microsoft, November 13, 1997
3. Interview in Pretext Magazine, May 1998. "Arthur on his economic theories and the Justice Department's case against Microsoft," by Dominic Gates.