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...going to be tough for Microsoft not to look hypocritical, since it already agreed to turn over its source code to attorneys in a separate case against software firm Caldera in Utah. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has ordered a hearing Thursday to chew the matter over. Chances that this Microsoft veteran will raise a skeptical eyebrow at the latest complaint: High. Chances that Microsoft would appeal such a verdict: Even higher...
...Klein chose a dangerous gambit. Instead of launching a new and achingly slow suit against Microsoft that might take years to resolve, he decided to move much more speedily. Last October he sued to reopen an existing Windows 95 lawsuit. All went well -- at first. An irate Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in December ruled that Microsoft had violated a 1995 agreement with the government. In no uncertain terms, he told Microsoft to split off its browser from Windows...
WASHINGTON: It's going to be a sleepless summer for Microsoft. In the spirit of the entire Windows/Explorer row, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has decided to bundle his court dates together. He'll now begin hearing both the Justice Department's request for an injunction against Win98 and the entire antitrust case on the same day -- September 8. While the DOJ was hoping for an immediate injunction, it's happy with a quick two-for-the-price-of-one trial. "It lays to rest any comparison with the IBM case," said Justice counsel David Boise. Indeed, everyone involved will...
...wraps could be to the company's advantage -- and a red flag to the news media, which will probably try to have it unsealed. The request, like the rest of the case against Microsoft, will be handled by none other than the company's December dance partner, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson...
Call it a Pyrrhic victory for Bill Gates. With just one day left before the likely onslaught of a massive, coordinated state and federal antitrust lawsuit, Microsoft is celebrating Tuesday?s U.S. appeals court ruling: that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson?s restrictions on bundling Internet Explorer with Windows 95 does not apply to Windows 98. Redmond took a hearty crumb of comfort from the ?very significant news,? which the Justice Department promptly brushed aside. ?Our investigation is ongoing,? warned DOJ spokeswoman Gina Talamona. Indeed, a senior official in one state attorney general's office told the New York Times that...