He defied the US government. Now it must decide: has Bill Gates finally got too big for his own boots?

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Anti-trust regulators in the US Justice Dept are beginning to consider whether Microsoft founder Bill Gates has become too powerful, thus restricting competition in the computer sector. It must now be decided whether Microsoft is good for consumers or bad for them. Some observers believe that Microsoft may be obliged to unbundle Explorer, its Internet browser, and it could even be forced to make amends for being anticompetitive in the past, possibly by featuring Netscape's competing browser function on the Windows platform.

Software Publishers, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Operating systems (Software), Internet software

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Gates prepares to back off

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates is involved in negotiations which may lead to an out-of-court settlement with the US government, which is planning anti-trust action against the company. Microsoft is delaying shipments of its new Windows 98 operating system, and is said to have made significant concessions. However, anti-trust action may still go ahead if these concessions prove insufficient. It is possible that suits against Microsoft would call for the actual break-up of the company into separate units.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Operating system enhancements

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Why there's no need for the rest of us to feel at all sorry for billionaire Bill Gates

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Microsoft Corp has been the subject of legal moves recently to curb its increasing domination of the computer software market. However, it remains extremely strong financially, and the personal wealth of co-founder and chief executive Bill Gates has risen to $12.9 billion. Even if the company's activities were further restricted, it would still remain very successful.

Finance, Gates, Bill

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