Legal Opinion
David L. Aldridge Co. v. Microsoft Corp.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 5, 1998No. Civ.A. H-96-0198PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAKE, District Judge.
At issue in this action is the liability of Microsoft Corporation under Texas tort law and federal antitrust law for the demise in sales of the Cache86 disk cache program. Pending before the court is Microsoft’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For reasons explained below the motion will be granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
An appreciation of the legal issues in this case requires a basic understanding of computer operating systems in general and Microsoft’s Windows95 operating system in particular.
A. Computer Operating Systems
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