Netscape-Microsoft legal feud heats up

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--that Microsoft has concealed "secret APIs" in Windows NT Server to gain a preferential performance advantage for its own Internet Information Server.

--that Microsoft has attempted to "zero out" the markets for Internet servers, tools, and browsers by bundling those products for free with its operating systems.

The Justice Department will now have to weigh the charges and decide whether an investigation is warranted. If so, it won't be the first time that Reback has succeeded in getting the Department to focus on Microsoft's activities.

In April 1995, the antitrust division filed suit to block Microsoft's acquisition of personal finance software powerhouse Intuit. The department sided with Netscape--again led by Reback--in maintaining that the merger would give Microsoft a monopoly in the personal finance software market, leading to higher prices and less innovation. Although the case never made it to court, a month later Microsoft and Intuit announced that they were scrapping the deal.

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