From experts, advice on an amicable split

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Experts weighing in on Microsoft's plans after the antitrust case say that the software giant should move fast toward the court-ordered breakup. Microsoft executives can look to other monumental divestitures such as 3M and IBM for examples. Priorities for the company should be new employee pay packages to keep the best and a focus on creating a new culture. And soon.

Gates, Bill, Corporate reorganizations

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Private suits put Microsoft at little risk. Large damage awards may be hard to obtain

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Some antitrust experts feel it will be difficult for consumers collect damage awards from Microsoft in antitrust and price fixing cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit hoped that private suits would keep potential monopolies within the law but consumers, even if they get to trial (none scheduled for this year) will have a burden of proof because they did not buy their products directly from the software giant. 118 of 170 consmer cases are pending across 22 states and D.C.. Most are scheduled for California Superior Court in San Francisco with Judge Stuart R. Pollack presiding. Plaintiffs in the cases hope to prove that overcharging ran into billions of dollars.

Monopolies, Consumers, Price fixing, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Civil law

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Microsoft aims to settle suits by equipping 12,500 schools

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Regarding the 100 class-action lawsuits against Microsoft, the software giant has proposed to let the proceeds of the suit go to 12,500 low-income schools for new computers and software, costing a minimum of $550 million. Lawyers in California who represent 13 million overcharged customers are resisting the plan which they feel the cost is small compared to the potential liability and that the company is just creating a larger, future market. Attorneys opposing the plan hope to persuade Baltimore Federal District Judge J. Frederick Motz to reject the settlement. Microsoft's plan would be to set up a foudnation for the donations and claims they would also be offering Macintosh computers.

Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Elementary and secondary schools, Public Schools, Operating systems (Software), Donations, Practice, Government regulation, United States. Department of Justice, Attorneys general, Crew, Eugene, Motz, J. Frederick

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