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Company's breakup unlikely to happen

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People familiar with the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp report that federal officials are undecided about breaking the company up into smaller firms. Despite their sweeping legal victory over the software giant, officials believe that although splitting up Microsoft may be a more effective remedy, this tack would face likely resistance by conservative appellate courts and take longer to implement. Thus, they are trying to see if conduct-based remedies to curb its practices would work.

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Microsoft likely to counter breakup proposal

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Microsoft Corp will likely criticize the government's plan to divide the company and suggest less stricter restrictions on its business practices. The government has proposed to divide Microsoft into two firms, one for its Windows operating system and another for its Internet site and applications. Microsoft is expected to propose that it would offer a version of Windows that cannot access a Web browser and to completely reveal the technical interfaces of Windows to software developers.

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Microsoft fares well with bias claims

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Microsoft Corp's breakup plan is likely doomed. The US Court of Appeals has lambasted Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson who ordered Microsoft split in two for his refusal to hold hearings on the drastic penalty and his comments to the media. The appeals court also suggested that it will most certainly send the case back to another judge for further hearings on sanctions. However, a breakup is unlikely since the court seems inclined to reverse Judge Jackson on key parts of his Jun 2000 ruling that Microsoft stifled software competition.

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