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Be Incorporated Files Suit Against Microsoft for Violations of Antitrust Laws

February 19, 2001 Be Incorporated (Nasdaq: BEOS) announced today it has filed suit against Microsoft Corporation for the destruction of Be business resulting from the anticompetitive business practices of Microsoft. The lawsuit alleges, among other claims, that Microsoft harmed Be through a series of illegal exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly in the Intel-compatible PC operating system market and created exclusive dealing arrangements with PC OEMs prohibiting the sale of PCs with multiple preinstalled operating systems.
Be Incorporated Files Suit Against Microsoft for Violations of Antitrust Laws

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