Richard Blumenthal Microsoft Quotations

What we need are specifics, a proposal on the table, so we can really evaluate whether Microsoft is serious about settlement talks, or whether it is just using the talk about talk to advance its public relations position, which has suffered grievously during this trial because their case has been so weak.

Microsoft is stifling competition in clear violation of the law and plainly contrary to consumer interests,

We're trying to stick to the court's schedule, ... We want Microsoft to stop stalling and adhere to the scheduled that's already been set.

The real question is what Microsoft will do as far as permitting access to other products like instant messaging and Internet access and whether they will really permit an open desktop.

We need to develop a strategy that offers consumers the most immediate kind of remedy to the monopolistic power that Microsoft has misused, and to prevent Microsoft from repeating what seems to be the same kind of misconduct.

essentially permits Microsoft to . . . use its dominant position in the market . . . to stifle competition.