SILICON GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
prohibits the release of nonpublic information from the platform partner porting the Alias software to those Silicon Graphics or Alias employees not participating in the porting process.Īs announced for public comment, the settlement identified Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Corporation, IBM Corporation or Sun Microsystems, Inc.requires Silicon Graphics to enter into a Commission- approved "porting agreement," by March 31, 1996, with an FTC-approved partner, by which Alias's two major entertainment graphics software programs (Animator and PowerAnimator and their successor programs) can be run on their porting partner's computer systems and.requires Silicon Graphics to offer independent enter- tainment graphics software companies participation in its software development programs on terms no less favorable than it offers other types of software companies.requires Silicon Graphics to maintain an open architecture and to publish its application programming interfaces so that software developers other than Alias and Wavefront can develop entertainment graphics software for use on Silicon Graphics workstations.The final consent order requires Silicon Graphics to take certain steps to ensure that other companies that develop and sell entertainment graphics software and hardware can compete with Silicon Graphics.
It alleges that the acquisitions could, among other things, foreclose access by other workstation producers to the relevant software, give Silicon Graphics nonpublic information about its competitors' workstations, and otherwise reduce competition and lead to higher prices or reduced innovation for entertainment graphics workstations and software.
The FTC complaint states that Silicon Graphics holds a 90 percent share of the market for the workstations that run entertainment graphics software. In the transactions at issue, Silicon Graphics acquired Alias Research Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, and Wavefront Technologies, Inc., of Santa Barbara, California. The Commission's action, which involves a slight modification of the consent order as it was announced for public comment, makes the order provisions binding on Silicon Graphics. In its complaint detailing the charges, the FTC alleged that the acquisitions would substantially reduce competition and may result in higher prices and reduce innovation competition for software and workstations involved in producing sophisticated computer-based graphics for movies and other entertainment industry uses. The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Silicon Graphics, Inc., settling charges that the Mountain View, California-based company's acquisition of two of the world's three leading entertainment graphics software firms would violate federal antitrust laws. About the FTC Show/hide About the FTC menu items.News and Events Show/hide News and Events menu items.Advice and Guidance Show/hide Advice and Guidance menu items.Competition and Consumer Protection Guidance Documents.
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