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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19211)5/17/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (2) of 24154
 
Gov't Set To File Against Microsoft nytimes.com

Lastest AP update on tomorrow's events, with the usual divergent views on why negotiations broke down.

Two government officials involved in the negotiations said independently Sunday that Microsoft withdrew a major concession it had made earlier in the week, which would have given computer makers more freedom in choosing the screen that consumers see when they first turn on the computer.

''The Microsoft negotiators said Bill Gates had rethought it and now said that Bill Gates wouldn't discuss it,'' one government official said. ''That was the tenor of the talks.... It was the total refusal on Microsoft's part to yield meaningfully. There was no question that they agreed to do some things and then reneged.''

Microsoft acknowledged it made several offers throughout the negotiations but said it withdrew each one only after government lawyers rejected them.

'These negotiations were definitely a one-way street. We negotiated for 10 days and made offer after offer after offer, but the government never budged an inch,'' Microsoft's Murray said.

He said, she said. Me, I found it highly improbable that a new consent decree or something could be hammered out on short notice, given the meaninglessness of the last one and Bill's bragging about it. On to the next stage.

Cheers, Dan.
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