[Am-info] MS update violates settlement, claims ProComp

[Gene Gaines]

Group: MS update violates settlement

By Joe Wilcox
Special to ZDNet News
September 19, 2002, 4:52 AM PT

WASHINGTON--A computer-industry trade group took a shot at
Microsoft's credibility Wednesday, alleging that the recently
released Windows XP Service Pack 1 violates the software giant's
pending antitrust settlement.

In a 12-page letter sent to Assistant Attorney General Charles
James and to Elliot Spitzer, New York's attorney general, ProComp,
a group partially funded by Microsoft competitors, charged the
company with "at least six separate and ongoing violations" of one
section of the proposed agreement.

The timing of the allegation could be important for drawing
additional attention to a settlement reached by Microsoft, the
Justice Department and nine of 18 states in the company's more
than 4-year-old antitrust case. Nine other states put forward a
stiffer remedy, and both settlement proposals are before U.S.
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who's expected to rule on
them at any time.

Any accusation that Microsoft might not be acting in good faith
could give the Justice Department pause, should Kollar-Kotelly
reject the Microsoft-DOJ proposal.

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See:  http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-958543.html

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia  USA