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To: porcupine --''''> who wrote (301)	5/7/1998 4:38:00 PM
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JUSTICE READY TO SOCK GATES, MOVE COULD SPLIT UP COMPANY DRUDGE REPORT By Matt Drudge Thu May 07 1998 09:50:16 EDT BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: JUSTICE READY TO SOCK GATES, MOVE COULD SPLIT UP COMPANY EXCLUSIVE BUSINESS WEEK is set to report that the Justice Department is planning to launch an expansive antitrust action against MSFT -- within days, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The report will be published in Friday's BW and posted on the magazine's web and AOL sites. The magazine reveals that the agency wants to pounce by May 15, the date on which the software giant is scheduled to start shipping the Windows 98 operating system to PC makers! Sources familiar with the Justice Department case have laid out a detailed plan of attack against the software giant for BUSINESS WEEK. Barring a last minute settlement -- Gates, Justice Department antitrust chief Klein and top members of their legal did meet Tuesday night at an undisclosed location in Washington -- Justice will charge MSFT with using illegal means to protect its monopoly in PC operating systems and extend its monopoly power into other markets. The Feds are prepared to launch a quick court action to force MSFT to alter Windows 98, which includes a version of the company's Internet browser, BW reports. They want to force MSFT to offer a browser-less version of Windows 98 that would be sold at "a commercially reasonable price" -- meaning less than the version with the browser. Justice is also toying with several possible ways to remove the browser. Up until now, BW reports, Justice Department officials predicted they would not seek a breakup of MSFT. But they now concede that could be the end result if the court concludes splitting up the company is the best solution. INTEL TOO! In a separate story, red-hot BUSINESS WEEK will also reveal that the Federal Trade Commission is prepared to take on the other half of the Information Age duopoly -- INTEL! The magazine will report that by the end of June, the FTC staff plans to file a suit against INTEL to weaken what it believes is a monopoly hold, similar to MSFT's, over a crucial segment of the Nation's high-tech industry. BW says the FTC plans to focus on several of INTEL's business practices, including forcing customer loyalty by withholding chip supply or information on future products from companies that don't use INTEL chips exclusively... x x x x x (http://www.drudgereport.com/1.htm) (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1998

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