Article: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPEALS JUDGE'S MICROSOFT RULING SOFTWARE GIANT WILL JOIN IN ACTION OVER ANTITRUST DECISION.(BUSINESS)

Byline: EDMUND ANDREWS New York Times

WASHINGTON The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a federal judge's decision on Tuesday to strike down its antitrust settlement with the Microsoft Corp., saying that the judge was ``squarely wrong'' and had overstepped his authority.

Within a few hours, Microsoft announced that it was joining the Justice Department appeal, a move that now officially places the former adversaries on the same team.

Attorney General Janet Reno vehemently defended the government's prosecution of Microsoft, dismissing the blistering criticism of U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Sporkin of that the proposed settlement ...

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