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Article: Microsoft takes final swing at breakup proposal.(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Network World
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- June 5, 2000
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Microsoft Wednesday afternoon issued its final response to the U.S. government's proposal to split the software titan in two, paving the way for U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to issue a final ruling in the case as soon as Thursday this week.
In its court filing, Microsoft repeated its criticism that the government's proposal to break up the company is extreme and out of proportion to the judge's findings in the case. The filing also clarifies parts of the government's breakup proposal, which Microsoft said are ambiguous and vague.
The filing also addresses government criticisms of Microsoft's last-minute "offer of proof" submitted ...