Joel Klein
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"Joel Irwin Klein" is an American lawyer and school superintendent. He was the New York City School Chancellor/Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest school district/public school system in the United States, serving more than 1.1 million students in more than 1,600 schools. He was succeeded by Cathie Black in January 2011.

New York (magazine)/New York magazine ranked Klein as one of the most influential people in public education. Klein had never obtained the common formal credentials that one would have to take a leadership role in a public school system, and Klein had a short duration of teaching experience.

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What I can do is create the opportunities. And that's what I think we have done.

The fact that you're going to see the development of monopoly power is perfectly understandable, ... That's what intellectual property is all about. It gives people the incentive to take big risks so that they can make big rewards. We just don't want them to make those rewards over and over again because they as the past victor have a 10-yard advantage in future races.

We never sued Microsoft for having a monopoly, ... We sued them for what they did with their monopoly. And that I think is going to be the cutting-edge issue in antitrust issues.

These conduct restrictions are necessary to allow the structural remedy sufficient time to restore competitive conditions in the software industry.

As in any lawsuit, there are two sides, ... Different people have different views of what happened and we will respond appropriately in court.

Under our proposal, neither ongoing government regulation nor the self- interest of an entrenched monopolist will decide what is best for consumers. Instead, consumers will be able to choose for themselves the products they want in a free and competitive marketplace.

Has been and always remains open to a settlement.

The lawsuit we have just filed is designed to accomplish one thing -- to protect competition in the airline industry which, in turn, will lower prices and expand choices for our traveling public.

The question of how much increased parental involvement there will be is a variable that is very hard for me as chancellor.