Microsoft to offer more in settlement talks-WSJ
NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive, told employees that the company will make
further "substantial" offers in settlement negotiations to end the government's landmark case against the software giant, the Wall
Street Journal said Thursday.
Citing an e-mail sent to a majority of Microsoft's 33,000 employees, the Journal quoted Ballmer stating: "We have made, and will
continue to make, substantial proposals to settle this case."
The Journal said the company's top five executives, including Chairman Bill Gates, are involved in working "hard and creatively" to
hammer out an agreement, the Journal said.
Also in the e-mail, Ballmer said the company was prepared to take the case "all the way on appeal", but would prefer to settle, the
Journal said. He said the company has reached out with its latest offer. "We believe we've put more on the table than the judicial
process would ultimately provide, even if we lost the case," the Journal said quoting Ballmer's e-mail. |
