IS AOL'S INSTANT MESSAGING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE?

摘要

Not long ago, during the courtroom skirmishing over the Microsoft Corp. antitrust suit, America Online Inc. was depicted as one of the many victims of the arrogant Bully of Redmond. Now it is AOL's turn to be cast as the neighborhood menace. As part of their scrutiny of AOL's proposed merger with Time Warner Inc., the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission are probing complaints that aol's popular Instant Messenger system is a monopoly. Possible victims include Yahoo!, AT&T, and...Microsoft.