Talks focus on stopping reprisals

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Negotiations between Microsoft Corp and the US government regarding the settlement of an antitrust case against the software giant seem to be progressing. During the settlement talks, Microsoft agreed to sweeping restrictions on not to retaliate at personal computer (PC) manufacturers who patronize rival software or refuse to ship Microsoft products. As a result to the company's agreement, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has postponed until the first week of Apr 2000 his ruling that Microsoft violated antitrust laws.

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Microsoft split overturned

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The article discusses the Microsoft case and a U.S. appeals court's mixed ruling, which threw out a judge's order to split the software giant in two but upheld major parts of the ruling that the firm illegally protected its monopoly on Windows software.

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Microsoft case shifts to corporate customers

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Microsoft's aggressive marketing practice lawsuit is turned to the plague of its corporate customers. The company's rivals now attacks the firm's alleged threat and bribes about its products to its customers as part of its effort to reduce competition. Microsoft has integrated its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows program to hurt competition by creation of unnecessary costs, according to Glenn Weadock, president of the Golden, CO-headquartered Independent Software.

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Aggressive marketing practice is turned to the plague of its corporate customers

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