M ay 10, 2000 Page A6 li je sportiani* (fthseruer Üurtlnuh Business Others died Vote! „ for you to have the right 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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