Appraising Microsoft and its Global Strategy

The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D.C.
November 13, 14, 1997

Conference Topics Include:

• Microsoft vs. Java
• No one should own the alphabet.
• Browsers beware: The choice you make today may preclude your choices in the future.
• Consumers Unite: You have nothing to lose but your blues.
• An overview of the Microsoft strategic business plan and how they accomplish their goals.
• The theory of increasing returns, the essential facilities doctrine, and the
• appropriate antitrust framework for the next century.
• On the digital commerce toll road.
• The Microsoft Antitrust Consent Decree that wasn't.
• The consumer framework for the digital age.
• The federal government and antitrust enforcement: Where is the beef?

Conference Participants Include:

• Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems
• Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate
• Samuel Goodhope, Special Assistant, Attorney General, State of Texas
• John Perry Barlow, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a member of The WELL Board of Directors.
• Bryan Sparks, CEO, Caldera, Inc.
• Andrew Schulman, Consulting Editor, O'Reilly and Associates, Author of Unauthorized Windows 95.
• Christine Varney, Former FTC Commissioner, now with Hogan and Hartson
• Garth Saloner, Robert A. Magowan Professor of Strategic Management and Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business.
• Ed Black, President, Computers and Communications Industry Association.
• Gary L. Reback, Esq., Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.
• Rick Ross, Java Lobby.
• Roberta Katz, General Counsel for Netscape Communications.
• Audrie Krause, Director, NetAction.
• Steve Susman, Susman and Godfrey.
• Morgan Chu, Partner, Irell & Manella
• Bill Randle, Vice President, Huntington Bancshares
• Philip Monego, CEO and President, NetChannel.
• Graham Lea, Principal Analyst, Heterodox (London), and Editor, Microsoft Monitor.
• Steve Hill, Esq., Snow Christensen and Martineau.
• Bill Wendel, The Real Estate Cafe.
• Daniel Nachbar, Public Software Institute.
• John Dodge, Columnist, PC Week Online, Boston Globe
• Wendy Goldman Rohm, author,
• James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology.