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Article: Microsoft accused of undermining software.(Business)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 24, 1998
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The chief executive of upstart software company RealNetworks Inc. accused Microsoft Corp. at a Senate hearing yesterday of using its monopoly over desktop computers to block consumers' access to RealNetworks software.
Microsoft offers a competing product that allows consumers to receive audio and video clips over the Internet, said Rob Glaser, chief executive, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the software industry. An upcoming version of Microsoft's Windows 98 blocks consumers' ability to use RealNetworks' software to download information from the Internet, he said.
"Code would have had to be written deliberately to achieve ...