Novell files new antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft News
Novell files new antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft

[JURIST] Software developer Novell announced Friday that it has filed a new antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in a Utah District Court. Read the Novell press release. Novell seeks an unspecified amount of damages for Microsoft's efforts to dominate the 1994-96 market for office data processing software such as Microsoft's Word and Novell's WordPerfect. It additionally claims that Microsoft was uncooperative in releasing technical information regarding Microsoft's Windows operating system, thereby hampering the efforts of Novell to release new versions of their products. On November 8th, in a similar antitrust suit, Novell agreed to settle with Microsoft for $536 million cash in a claim involving NetWare, a new operating system developed to compete with Windows. JURIST's Paper Chase has that story here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.