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M ic ro s o ft re a d ie s ‘m e a s u re d ’
response to DOJ breakup plan
sim p ly d isre g a rd m ost o f the
reasoning behind the government’s
proposal.
Secondly, Microsoft will directly
address the remedies proposed by
the Justice Department.
The Washington Post reported over
the weekend that Microsoft may offer
to strip the Internet Explorer Web
browser out o f future versions o f
W indows and al low computer makers
greater leeway in installing and making
changes to the operating system.
Company sources said, however, that
such moves were “speculative” and
that nothing had been decided yet.
“We plan to submit a response which
will address the specific concerns
voiced in the judge’s rulings, many o f
which we do not agree with and will
appeal,” said Microsoft spokesman
M ark M urray. “T hese w ill be
measured responses and will not go
as far afield as the Justice Department
did in its filing.”
Murray refused to comment on the
specifics o f Microsoft’s filing, though
sources said they would not likely
approach the scope o f what Microsoft
put on the table during the failed
settlement talks in March. Back then,
M icrosoft w as w illing to m ake
adjustments in its contracts, pricing
and dealings with other software
developers.
Finally, Microsoft has said it plans to
M icrosoft Corp.’s response to the
governm ent’s breakup plan will
lik e ly q u e stio n m o st o f the
governm ent’s basic assumptions
and could send the case into
weeks, if not months, o f additional
court proceedings.
W ith numerous options available
to it, Microsoft could take a two- or
three-pronged approach in its
response, to be filed with U.S.
D istrict C ourt Judge T hom as
Penfield Jackson.
Microsoft plans to first attack the
breakup plan, filed April 28 by the
U.S. Department o f Justice and 17
o f the 19 states that have filed
antitrust complaints against the
software giant. The government
proposal would split the company
in two: one company to develop
and market the Windows operating
system , the other to develop
M icrosoft’s other software and
Internet holdings, including the
MicrosoftOfficesuiteofprograms.
Sources told The Associated Press
that Microsoft believes the scope
o f the government's breakup plan
is far too broad and introduces
additional evidence that was not
brought up at trial.
Because o f that, M icrosoft is
considering asking Jackson to
r
ask the judge for additional time
- weeks or even months -to gather
depositions and evidence to
combat the government’s filing.
A lth o u g h
the
Ju stic e
Department’s remedy proposal
w as only 17 p ag es, the
government submitted 167 pages
o f supplemental material and
declarations o f five experts.
Microsoft will likely ask for the
chance to cross-exam ine the
government’s experts as well as
gather expert declarations o f its
own.
“If Judge Jackson doesn’t give
Microsoft at least a little more
time, he runs an increased risk o f
having the case handed back to-
him by the appeals court,” said
William Kovacic, an antitrust
expert at the George Washington
University School o f Law.
In the meantime, Microsoft has
continued its public relations
offensive. Bill Gates, Microsoft
chairman and co-founder, wrote
an article in Time magazine this
week, defending his company and
arguing against a breakup.
Microsoft representatives also
briefed selected m em bers of
Congress about the case.
Shares o f Microsoft fell $1.311/4
to $69.811/4 in trading on the
Nasdaq Stock Market.
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