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To: Jim Lamb who wrote (23409)	5/28/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

From this afternoon's Seattle Times: Microsoft settlement talks stall over changes in business practices seattletimes.com The sticking point [in the negotiations] appears to be Microsoft's unwillingness to expand the list of business practices it will consider changing. ... Talks could resume at any time, but no meetings are planned and the negotiations appear to have reached a stalemate, at least for now... ... Though the talks have stalled, they began more than two months ago on a note of agreement: If there is an out-of-court settlement, it won't break up the world's largest software company, sources said. That consensus provided Microsoft an impetus to negotiate. The company couldn't pass on the possibility of ending the lawsuit without having to risk a court-ordered breakup. On the other hand, the government is using the breakup option as something it would seek if Microsoft is found guilty of anti-competitive practices and the case reaches the stage in which the presiding federal judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson, must order remedies. The states especially are pushing for a structural remedy, contending the facts of the case weigh heavily for a breakup.

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