Microsoft scoffs at antitrust extension seekers
Microsoft is pshawing claims that it needs another five years of legal babysitting.
A legal coalition including 10 US states and the District of Columbia is asking Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to extend US government oversight of Microsoft imposed under a 2001 antitrust judgment against the software giant. n a court memorandum (PDF warning) filed last Friday, Microsoft claims the group is relying on "hypothetical scenarios" and "unsubstantiated facts" to argue for extending the antitrust oversight.
Sanctions that were set to expire in November have already been extended until the end of this month in order to give the states time to provide evidence that Microsoft has not complied with the judgment. A particular provision relating to server communication protocols has been extended to the end of 2009. The states argue that all parts of the enforcement are interrelated — and that since one piece was extended, the rest should be as well.
