Microsoft is said to offer plan to restrain business practices; plaintiffs in antitrust suit disagree on a position
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Microsoft Corp. has presented a formal settlement to the U.S. Justice Department and the 19 state attorneys general who are also parties to the federal government's antitrust lawsuit against the computer software company. Though no details have been made public, it is believed that Microsoft has offered to change its business practices, while rejecting a break-up of the company. Some attorneys general are thought to desire a break-up, while others want less drastic action taken. Complicating resolution of the case is the fact that when Microsoft settled an antitrust case in 1994, Bill Gates insisted on being allowed to make changes to its operating system software - changes that have been the basis for the current lawsuit against Microsoft. Judges involved in the case and settlement negotiations have been encouraging a speedy resolution.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
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U.S. judge says Microsoft violated antitrust laws with predatory behavior; appeal is planned; discussions of remedy are to be undertaken in next few weeks
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United States District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled, in a 43-page brief, that Microsoft Corp. was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act in the antitrust case brought against the computer software giant by the Justice Department and 19 states' attorneys general. Saying that Microsoft behaved in an anti-competitive and predatory manner in linking its Internet Explorer Web browser to its Windows operating system software. The judge's decision came two days after the federal government and Microsoft were unable to agree on a settlement. The computer software concern, facing possible break-up of the company, is expected to appeal the decision. Other restrictions may involve requiring Microsoft to make its source codes available to its competitors, imposition of fines or enforcing rules of behavior. The Nasdaq market reacted by losing 8 percent of its value while Microsoft's stock price fell to $90.875, down $15.375 a share, or $80 billion.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
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Microsoft waits for Bush's position on its antitrust case
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Microsoft Corp. awaits the George W. Bush administration's take on the antitrust lawsuit the US Justice Dept. won against the software-maker in 2000. During his run for the presidency, Bush intimated that he did not agree with all of the government's case, nor the remedy ordered by the judge. Bush's aides say that the government's antitrust laws will be obeyed and that the administration has made no decisions thus far on the case.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
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