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To: Flair who wrote (4771)	1/23/1998 6:39:00 AM
From: Flair	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

All, "BT declines comment on Microsoft bid rumours" Reuters Story - January 23, 1998 05:01 LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - British Telecommunications Plc on Friday declined to comment on market speculation that U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp might bid for the company. "There are clearly lots of rumours, and we just don't comment on rumours and speculation ... What's happening this morning is it's just swirling around still," a BT spokeswoman said. BT's shares rose nearly five pence to hit a new record of 588 by 1000 GMT amid continued bid talk, despite doubts by some analysts that Microsoft would try to buy the company. Earlier this week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said his company was working with telecoms partners like BT to develop information technology services. However, he added that Microsoft was not looking to be in the communications business. "We are working more with communications companies. But we will not be in the communications business. We won't run cable or fibre in the same way that we didn't build chips and we didn't build PCs," he told a financial conference here on Tuesday. "All we need to do is take Windows (software) and extend it so that it can be the base for telephony...and find out what does the communications industry need in order for Windows NT to be a key building block," he added via satellite link-up. On Thursday, a Microsoft spokeswoman declined to comment on the current BT rumours. ((Jeff Daeschner, London newsroom, +44 171 542-7717 fax +44 171 583-3769, uk.equities.newsreuters.com))

To: Flair who wrote (4771)	1/23/1998 6:43:00 AM
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All, "Microsoft may face new antitrust case-WSJ" Reuters Story - January 23, 1998 03:34 NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Justice Department investigators are building a new antitrust case against Microsoft Corp that could affect its planned introduction of Windows 98, the Wall Street Journal said Friday. Citing lawyers and officials familiar with these efforts, the newspaper reported in its electronic edition that the new case could reach far beyond the issue that the company just settled. On Thursday, the software giant agreed to separate its World Wide Web browser software from its Windows 95 operating system to avoid being found in contempt of court. The new case, if it goes forward, would attack the heart of Microsoft's strategy of using Windows to break into new markets, the newspaper said. One approach being considered is that the Justice Department demand that Microsoft provide a version of Windows 98 without Internet access to computer makers who want it, the newspaper said. Microsoft plans to introduce Windows 98 later this year. In addition, the newspaper said the government is reviewing Microsoft's contracts with Internet service providers.