[FYI] Uebereinkunft im Microsoft-Antitrust-Verfahren?

[Matthias Leisi <matthias@astrum.ch>]

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/11/01/microsoft.ap/index.html

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Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department reached a tentative agreement
Wednesday to settle the historic antitrust case against the software giant,
and state attorneys general were reviewing terms of the deal, people
familiar with the talks told The Associated Press.

Terms of the prospective settlement were closely guarded, and people close
to the negotiations cautioned that precise language was still being worked
out even between Microsoft and the Justice Department.

[..]

Microsoft officials also have warned they wouldn't accept any broad
prohibitions against bundling new features into Windows.

The New York Times reported on its Web site that the prospective agreement
calls for a five-year consent decree between the government and Microsoft,
with a possible two-year extension if the company violates its terms. The
Times reported that a three-person advisory committee would oversee
compliance with the agreement.

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One person who had been briefed on some of the draft settlement proposals
being discussed in recent days, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said
the ideas being discussed included:

-- Letting Microsoft add new features into its flagship Windows software,
but requiring the company also to offer a version that doesn't include those
additions.

-- Banning restrictive contracts that would force computer makers to buy
versions of Windows with new features, but allowing financial incentives
such as discounts to make those versions more enticing.

-- Forcing Microsoft to reveal parts of its Windows blueprints relating to
its Internet browser software, but not the blueprints to Windows.

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