SALT LAKE CITY: A federal appeals court is throwing out Novell’s complaint that Microsoft undermined the Word Perfect writing programme in favour of Microsoft’s own Word programme with the Windows 95 rollout.
The Denver-based 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Novell has no viable claims left after the Utah company lost an eight-week trial against Microsoft in Salt Lake City two years ago.
The case was so important to Microsoft that it put co-founder Bill Gates on the stand for two days, saying he had no idea a last-minute decision to drop a tool for outside developers would sidetrack Novell.
Novell says the decision cost it time and market share, and that it was forced to sell WordPerfect for a $1.2 billion loss.
The 10th Circuit ruled that Novell’s complaint came too late and it failed to make the larger case that Microsoft was protecting a monopoly on operating systems.
source : Times of India
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