U.S. may seek sale of Microsoft Office; conduct could be subject to wide-ranging curbs while appeal is pending

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Justice Department antitrust officials are said to want Microsoft Corp. to divest itself of its Office software business in order to comply with antitrust laws. In addition, broad limitations would be placed on the company's activities until the unit could be spun off. This solution is favored by federal officials because it would create an alternative platform for developers of software, and encourage the new firm to make Office compatible with Linux and other operating systems.

Laws, regulations and rules, Microsoft Office (Business application suite)

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Microsoft take its case to Supreme Court; company wants the finding that it is a monopolist to be thrown out

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Microsoft Corp. has decided to take its antitrust case to the United States Supreme Court. The software concern hopes for a decision to throw out Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling that fingers Microsoft as a monopolist corporation.

Legal issues & crime, United States. Supreme Court

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States to seek tougher curbs on Microsoft; objectors to U.S. settlement to offer new proposal; Apple, Sun may benefit

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Nine states, which did not join the Justice Dept.-Microsoft Corp. antitrust case settlement, have proposed a remedy to U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. The states' remedy asks for tough curbs on the business practices of Microsoft and a requirement that Microsoft 'Office' software packages continue to be offered for the Linux operating system and the Apple Macintosh computer. The states may also ask that Microsoft be forced to once again offer support for Java, a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems Inc., with Windows. The states want to contain Microsoft's market influence and restore some balance to computer-industry competition. If the curbs are approved, companies like Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer will benefit.

Government regulation (cont), State government

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