The government said Gates personifies everything wrong with the company, ... I infer from that if Gates has a smaller role in the company and Ballmer has a bigger role, that is a somewhat more suitable environment for achieving an agreement.
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Microsoft has already changed its behavior, ... They've backed off some of the contested practices. Their competitors have been emboldened to do things they may not have done before the trial. The government has gotten a lot of what they wanted. The company is not swinging away like they used to.William Kovacic
The Justice Department would require an agreement by Microsoft to banish all contracts that prevent equipment manufacturers and Internet service providers from promoting competitors' products. The is the non-negotiable minimum for the Justice Department.
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The great psychic fear in the Justice Department is that it will achieve a hollow victory, ... There will be this declaration of a violation of the law, but they will not have effective solutions to restore competition.
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The more time Microsoft has, it makes it harder for the government to establish a remedy that would limit Microsoft's flexibility in selling Windows 98, ... Each month that goes by makes it harder to obtain effective relief.
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Microsoft succeeded in drawing the judge's attention to, at minimum, diminishing any remedies prescribed at the end of the case, ... They've also put doubt in his mind that Netscape has been precluded from getting its products to its customers.
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Microsoft wants to postpone as long as possible the creation of a document that describes how the company could be broken up.
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