Microsoft in court again - with Novell

“Just days after a $536 million settlement with Microsoft over its NetWare
operating system, Novell filed a federal lawsuit in Utah seeking damages
from Microsoft for alleged efforts to eliminate competition in the office
productivity applications market.”

“According to Novell, WordPerfect’s share of the word processing market was
almost 50 percent in 1990. It had fallen to less than 10 percent by the time
Novell sold WordPerfect in 1996. By comparison, Microsoft Word’s share of
the word processing market rose from 20 percent before 1990 to about 90
percent by 1996.

Novell’s lawsuit claims that Microsoft withheld critical technical
information about Windows from Novell; integrated certain technologies into
Windows designed to exclude WordPerfect and other Novell applications; and
used its monopoly power to prevent hardware partners from offering
WordPerfect and other applications to customers.

Novell’s lawsuit is based in part on facts established by the U.S.
Department of Justice in its antitrust case against Microsoft.”

I’d say that Novell is:
a) a bit late on this one
b) has every right to be pissed at Microsoft in this case, and
c) is in a good position if the data in DOJ case is legit

But even so, they seem to be taking a clue from SCO on business financing…

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