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Bush Administration Stops Microsoft Breakup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-knew-it-was-coming dept.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had been instructed by the Bush Administration to cease its drive to break up Microsoft, which has already been found guilty of violating U.S. anti-trust law in a complaint filed by the Federal Government and 19 states. See the BBC or CNN for more. It isn't clear what wristslap, errr, remedy the Justice Department will seek instead. Update: 09/06 15:21 PM GMT by M : Declan McCullagh of Wired notes: "The text of the DOJ announcement is here. Wired News has an article. Also, the DOJ says a 'Senior Antitrust Division Official' will brief reporters at the department's DC headquarters at 11:30 am ET, so look for some followup stories from that."

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  1. Who said anything about Bush? by szomb · · Score: 3, Redundant

    The CNN story does not mention Bush at all...

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  2. Bush said so? by Lxy · · Score: 3, Redundant

    I'm no political analyst, but IIRC "Bush Administration" != "George W". And for those of you who are wondering, the BBC article names the Bush administration. There's no mention of it in CNN.

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  3. Read the BBC article by T.Hobbes · · Score: 2, Redundant

    You'll see this: "The US Department of Justice has announced that it will no longer push to have software giant Microsoft broken up.

    The decision by the Bush administration reverses the Clinton White House legal strategy against Microsoft. "     Since Bush is (nominally) the head of the Bush administration, it's proper to presume that Bush gave the order. Whether someone advised him on it is another matter, but Bush is the president.