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To: stockman_scott who wrote (50960)	4/11/2002 9:23:43 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Witness's prior words fuel for Microsoft news.com.com An economist testifying for nine states seeking tough antitrust sanctions against Microsoft balked Thursday at supporting one of the key provisions in the states' plan. The states' economist, Carl Shapiro, told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that he could not give an opinion on whether Microsoft should be forced to sell a version of the Windows operating system with some features removed. This concession came after a Microsoft attorney showed the judge a previous court filing in which Shapiro praised an alternative, mostly cosmetic alteration of Windows, now being offered by the company to settle its antitrust suit. Shapiro told Kollar-Kotelly that he did not testify about a barebones Windows because he didn't have the computer science expertise. "I did not feel I could offer a clear view that could help the court on that provision," Shapiro said. "I think it's a very thorny area."