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To: Captain Jack who wrote (38054)	2/17/2000 9:47:00 PM
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WASHINGTON, Feb 17, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Microsoft forcefully denied a published report late Thursday that billionaire chairman Bill Gates offered a key concession to settle his company's historic antitrust trial. The Bloomberg financial news service said Gates answered 'yes' moments after a televised interview when asked whether he would disclose the secret blueprints for the Windows operating system to competitors. It said Gates did not elaborate. A Microsoft spokesman, Jim Cullinan, vigorously denied the report. Gates has previously rejected any suggestion that Microsoft share the so-called source code to its flagship product, which has earned the company billions of dollars. 'We've talked to Bill, and Bill said he never said that,' Cullinan said. 'That issue is not even related to this case. All he said was, we would try to do our best to settle this case.' The dispute comes just days before the landmark trial resumes. The next round of courtroom arguments was set for Tuesday, when lawyers will argue about which specific antitrust laws the company violated, if any. Settlement talks are continuing in Chicago under the guidance of a federal appeals judge, Richard Posner, who has agreed to serve as mediator. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, one of the 19 state officials suing the company along with the Justice Department, declined to comment on Bloomberg's report. A Justice Department spokesman also couldn't be reached immediately. Copyright 1999 Associated Press, All rights reserved.