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WASHINGTON: Eyeball to eyeball with the Justice Department, Microsoft blinked. Just hours before Janet Reno was set to announce a new federal and state antitrust suit against the software firm, Microsoft attorneys arrived bearing what one state lawyer called "major concessions." The upshot: Redmond will not ship Windows 98 to computer makers until Monday. A source close to the negotiations told TIME Daily there "will be a cooling off period" and that "there will be no action" Thursday. "All this means," the source said, "is that the discussion continues...
With the DOJ and states' attorneys general still hedging on a definitive declaration of intent to file suit against Microsoft this week, Sun was first out of the gate Tuesday with a request to forbid Microsoft to distribute Windows 98 unless it contains Sun's version of Java. Sun already has a lawsuit in progress against Microsoft for taking liberties with Java, an issue that has also atttracted the attention of the DOJ. But much remains in doubt at this point. The DOJ and the states -- whose number has grown from the 13 that originated the investigation -- are still widely...
...Boss? These days a more, um, adult side of the actress, and countless other stars, is on display at unauthorized pay-for-celebrity-skin websites offering film stills, candids and digitized fakes. Alyssa's angry mom Lin Milano formed CyberTrackers to combat the sites and last week filed suit--the first of its kind--against two of them. A case to watch...
Time was running out. Microsoft had announced plans to release Windows 98 to manufacturers this week. The Department of Justice wanted to file an antitrust suit before that happened. As the hours evaporated, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates asked for a final session in which to plead his case for allowing Windows 98 to be marketed without any Federal Government objections. And so on Tuesday evening, at the headquarters of Microsoft?s Washington lobbyists, Gates met Joel Klein, the department?s top antitrust enforcer...
...this was a prelude to what may be a monumental showdown this week, as Justice moves not only to block Windows 98 but also to end what critics have long thought to be Microsoft?s predatory and monopolistic practices; as many as a dozen state attorneys general may follow suit. After months of sparring, the real fight is about to begin...