MS "threatens" to withdraw XP

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Forwarded from: Aj Effin Reznor <aj () reznor com>

http://it.asia1.com.sg/newsdaily/news004_20020306.html

Business Times
6 Mar 2002

WASHINGTON - Microsoft contends that it will be forced to pull Windows
XP off the market and be unable to develop new systems if antitrust
sanctions sought by state prosecutors are granted.

In court documents released on Monday, Microsoft denied that the
proposal was part of a "doomsday defence," but said the remedy sought
by the states are a "calculated effort by Microsoft's competitors to
inflict maximum commercial injury on the company, without regard to
the well-being of the industry or consumers."

The states that rejected last year's antitrust settlement accepted by
the US Justice Department are to begin their case next week in US
District Court here.

They are seeking tougher penalties, including a stripped-down version
of Windows, which would eliminate Microsoft's advantage of
incorporating various items of software, such as Internet browsers and
media players, in the operating system.

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-aj.



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