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NPR's Larry Abramson reports that Microsoft has filed a response to the government's proposal to split the company in two, urging a federal judge to throw out that plan and instead put forth its own proposed remedy. The company's proposed constraints on its business
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Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein disputed Microsoft's assertions that a breakup of the company into two separate entities would harm consumers and stifle innovation. Speaking at a forum on the new economy at the University of California at Berkeley, Klein argued that the plan would actually lead
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As Microsoft Corp. prepares to hear whether the Justice Department and 19 state attorneys general will ask a US District Court judge to break up the company into two separate entities, CEO Steve Ballmer continued to defend the company's stance against a harsh remedy. Ballmer emphasized that he
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Microsoft's top management assured employees yesterday that there was no chance the company would be split up, but reports suggest the government is moving forward with a proposal to break the company in two. The Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft has reached a critical stage,
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The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has sided against Microsoft Corp. in the Justice Department's antitrust case against the company. Despite Microsoft's objections, the SIIA voted to support the court, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The association's decision is seen as
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Microsoft has found unexpected allies in its defense against the US government's antitrust lawsuit, with key figures from past presidential administrations and prominent industry groups voicing their support. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a lobbying group representing 9,000 IT firms, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in
