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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 480.70-1.3%12:16 PM EST

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To: t2 who wrote (20132)4/9/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: RTev  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
Thanks for the settlement story link, t2k. Here's the full story in the LA Times:

latimes.com
Notice the bottom line for the plaintiffs:
"There were no proposals for structural changes, nothing on bundling," a source said. "It was sort of hard to imagine anyone getting excited about it."
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"Certainly, announced finding of fact would likely facilitate efforts to settle," said Tim O'Rourke, a Washington antitrust attorney. "Nothing so much concentrates the mind as the prospects of one's own imminent hanging."
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Numerous sources have said the states are seeking compulsory licensing of Windows.... More recently, sources close to the states say some members have backed away from that idea and others outlined in a state attorneys general position paper disclosed by the Seattle Times last month.

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