IP: Justice Department Will Not Seek to Break Up Microsoft

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

By MICHAEL BRICK
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The Justice Department, seeking a conclusion to the antitrust case against 
Microsoft (news/quote) that it can call a victory, said today that it would 
no longer seek to split the software company in two or contend that it 
illegally tied its Internet browser to its dominant computer operating system.
Instead, the department said it would focus on the primary charge upheld by 
an appeals court, that Microsoft illegally maintained its monopoly in the 
market for personal computer operating systems. Based on that charge alone, 
the Justice Department said it will seek to place limits on

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/06/technology/06CND-SOFT.html



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