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To: Kenya AA who wrote (6576)	5/24/2000 2:11:00 PM
From: Mao II	Respond to of 12662

K: VSH is joining everything else. It will be a great buy soon! M2

To: Kenya AA who wrote (6576)	5/24/2000 2:32:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 12662

K, Mr. Softee may be three cheap companies for the price of one expensive company. NW FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTS MICROSOFT'S MOTION ON BREAK-UP Washington, May 24, 2000 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rejected a motion by Microsoft Corp. Wednesday to dismiss the government's proposal for a break-up of the software giant and moved to weigh antitrust remedies. Jackson added that breaking the company into three separate entities appears more convenient than splitting the software giant into two separate companies. "The effect of a bisection will in effect create two separate monopolies," Jackson said at the start of hearings for the penalty phase of the anti-trust trial initiated by the federal government and the governments of 19 states in 1998. The federal government and 17 of the 19 states that filed suit proposed that Microsoft be split into two companies: one that continues development of Microsoft's operating systems, and one that handles all other Microsoft software. Jackson, however, praised a joint friend-of-the-court brief submitted by the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association that suggests Microsoft be divided into three companies. "Rather than reorganizing Microsoft into a Windows only company and a single applications company, the court should supplement the plaintiffs' proposed final judgement by separating the Internet Explorer product and personnel into a third, independent company," the brief said. John Warden, an attorney representing Microsoft, petitioned Jackson to limit Wednesday's hearing to Microsoft's motion to dismiss the government's proposal to split the company. Jackson, however, was of a differerent opinion, responding "I intend to proceed to the merits of the remedy." EFE