Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Report: Windows 98 Will Be Released
>
>
> NEW YORK (AP) -- The Justice Department likely will not
> stop Microsoft from releasing its Windows 98 software
> with an Internet browser, The Wall Street Journal
> reported today.
>
> Instead, the department's antitrust enforcers are
> expected to ask U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield
> Jackson to require Microsoft to also offer a Windows 98
> version without Internet software, the Journal reported,
> citing sources close to the case.
>
> Microsoft already faces a Justice Department lawsuit
> alleging it violated a 1995 court order designed to
> prevent anti-competitive conduct. Department
> investigators are gathering evidence for a wider
> antitrust case against the Redmond, Wash.-based software
> giant, the newspaper said.
>
> Justice lawyers say Microsoft has leveraged its
> dominance to gain market share for its Internet
> browsers, which navigate around the World Wide Web.
>
> In January, Microsoft avoided a contempt-of-court
> citation by agreeing to let computer makers temporarily
> offer its latest version of Windows 95 without easy
> access to its Internet Explorer software. The company
> has appealed a December federal court order on the
> browser issue.
>
> The paper said Microsoft likely would fight a
> requirement for a browser-less Windows 98.
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