Because the jury did not reach
consensus, the U.S. Federal District Court Judge Frederick Protopic Heights
(Frederick Motz) on Friday rejected Novell's Utah filed a $ 1 billion for the
Microsoft antitrust litigation.
Novell, Microsoft said Windows 95 version of its development trick WordPerfect, WordPerfect, but at the last minute to give similar products to enhance the company's market share. Novell said the company was forced to losses of $ 1.2 billion sold the WordPerfect.
Jury to the judge on Friday said that after careful consideration that complex cases, deadlocked, unable to reach consensus. Earlier Friday, jurors asked the judge dismissed an Mautz request for transfer of cases.
Microsoft's lawyers said, Novell is losing market share "themselves to blame", Windows 95 long after the release, Novell just released a compatible version of WordPerfect. WordPerfect word processing software market has accounted for 50% market share. However, with the rise of Microsoft Office, WordPerfect market share plummeted to less than 10%.
Gates testified in court last month, said he had not expected to give Novell WordPerfect would be a major blow, he was just for the protection of Windows 95 and future product considerations. Word of the quality far better than WordPerfect, WordPerfect "bloated, slow, and can not very well compatible with Windows 95". And Novell should have been too slow to cope.
And Novell said the Gates of jealousy out of WordPerfect, Microsoft engineers ordered to give up WordPerfect word processing application as Windows 95. Earlier this year, Novell acquired by The Attachmate Group, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Novell, Microsoft said Windows 95 version of its development trick WordPerfect, WordPerfect, but at the last minute to give similar products to enhance the company's market share. Novell said the company was forced to losses of $ 1.2 billion sold the WordPerfect.
Jury to the judge on Friday said that after careful consideration that complex cases, deadlocked, unable to reach consensus. Earlier Friday, jurors asked the judge dismissed an Mautz request for transfer of cases.
Microsoft's lawyers said, Novell is losing market share "themselves to blame", Windows 95 long after the release, Novell just released a compatible version of WordPerfect. WordPerfect word processing software market has accounted for 50% market share. However, with the rise of Microsoft Office, WordPerfect market share plummeted to less than 10%.
Gates testified in court last month, said he had not expected to give Novell WordPerfect would be a major blow, he was just for the protection of Windows 95 and future product considerations. Word of the quality far better than WordPerfect, WordPerfect "bloated, slow, and can not very well compatible with Windows 95". And Novell should have been too slow to cope.
And Novell said the Gates of jealousy out of WordPerfect, Microsoft engineers ordered to give up WordPerfect word processing application as Windows 95. Earlier this year, Novell acquired by The Attachmate Group, a wholly owned subsidiary.
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