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Microsoft, governnte
make final argumen
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the
government and Microsoft Corp.
wrapped up their historic antitrust
trial yesterday, lawyers alternately
portrayed the software producer as
a vigilant monopolist or as a com
pany that fights tough but legally in
the bareknuckles high-tech industry.
Citing dozens of internal emails
and sworn testimony already in ev
idence, government lawyers por
trayed Microsoft as ruthless in try
ing to protect the dominance of its
Windows software. Microsoft’s
flagship product runs most person
al computers and is largely respon
sible for the vast wealth of the
world’s richest man, billionaire
company chair Bill Gates.
“There are no^other lawful situ
ations in which* a company has
done what Microsoft has done,”
Justice Department lawyer David
Boies said.
He accused the company of hav
ing “used its power to squelch po
tential competitors to keep them
from emerging. ”
Microsoft lawyer John Warden
criticized what he called the gov
ernment’s “astounding failures of
proof,” together with “red herrings,
lies, misstatements and omissions”
offered during 76 days of testimony.
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'There are no other
lawful situations in
which a company
has done what
Microsoft has done.'
— David Boies
Justice Department lawyer
Warden charged that the an
titrust case, filed under the Sher-’
man Act, was largely driven by
complaints from Microsoft's jeal
ous industry rivals, including
America Online Inc., the former
Netscape Communications Corp.,
Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple
Computer Inc. and IBM.
“The government should not be
siding with Microsoft’s oppo
nents,” Warden said. He said they
are “entirely capable oflaiBthe T
of themselves.” |)sIhhi1=
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Yesterday marked theBat 2:_
lawyers will meet inthecoBonaL
prior to U.S. District JudgeM
Penfield Jackson’s first.H
phase verdict, which col,
as early as next month.
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terday, offered no insighti
he is formulating his deosl
During the trial, Jacksj
asked pointed questions
nesses and lawyers,
even affecting financiali
the tenor of his voice. Bu
packed courtroom gallm
mained inscrutable
hours of closing argumetij
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19 states suing Microsoft;||
Justice Department,!
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glehold” over such softwBorme
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a three-year study,
the National Transportation Safety Board decided
yesterday against recommending seat belts in school
buses. Belts can sometimes increase injuries to chil
dren, the board said.
All five of the board’s members voted unanimously
to recommended the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) expand standards designed to
keep children safely contained in their seating rows.
The safety board wants current standards, which
require children be protected in a cocoon of padded
seats and high seat backs, expanded within the
next two years so children will have a better chance
of remaining inside a bus during a side collision or
vehicle rollover.
Engineers said that could be accomplished in a vari
ety of ways, including increasing the height of seat
backs, installing arm rests or replacement of the stan
dard bus bench seat with sculpted, bucket-type seats.
In addition, the safety board urged NHTi :
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gers are ejected. Missing windows alsoc
roof strength.
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Trout
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to aid m tntnie accident mvcstigaiions. column!
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with provisions for weld strength^
sign and rollover survivability. Motor cQ$yfcrech i
type of bus used by Greyhound — have nodP
protection standards.
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