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According to the HASCS warning, computers that run graphical e-mail programs like Microsoft Outlook or Eudora on a Windows operating system are most susceptible to the virus...
...that's precisely what state and federal trustbusters demanded last week. In a filing submitted to federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, the Justice Department and 17 of the 19 states that have brought suits against Microsoft finally agreed: Microsoft should be chopped into two companies. One would develop and sell the Windows operating system that runs 85% of the world's desktop computers. The other business would handle everything else--most notably, the universally used "applications" software, such as Microsoft Office, which includes its dominant word processing and spreadsheet programs, and its Web-browsing Internet Explorer...
...beyond the angry words and legal documents, the proposed remedy marked the culmination of 23 months of state and federal pursuit of Microsoft and represents a clear watershed for the computer and software industries. The ruling that emerges from Judge Jackson's court, and from an appeals process that could last two more years, will do much to determine the course of software development for decades to come--and with it the programs that countless companies and consumers...
...anyone who's kept an eye on this case knows, this attitude signifies a novel approach for Microsoft. Throughout the course of the government's antitrust investigation, the software giant has publicly struck something of a confrontational stance, defiantly rejecting criticism, staunchly defending the legality of company initiatives and pursuing business as usual back in Redmond. Sunday's reports of compromise, however, suggest that behind the scenes Gates et al. may have acknowledged not only the strength of the government's case, but also the growing tide of anti-Microsoft feeling among consumers...
Unfortunately for Gates, the saga looks set to continue despite all the recent, promising overtures: The Post story suggests the plan does not quite live up to a proposal Microsoft offered informally prior to U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's initial ruling against the company. If that opinion is widely held, Microsoft could suffer; any public perception that Microsoft is trying to loosen the noose around its neck will likely be met with widespread ire among consumers - and, perhaps more important, within Judge Penfield Jackson's chambers...