U.S. Government Sides with Microsoft in Antitrust Battle
    So a group of pesky states (hello, California -- we know why you're here) wants 
  to keep the consent decree covering Microsoft's nasty little habit of being 
  a monopolist alive for five more years. Microsoft says, as you might imagine, 
  that it's time to put the whole consent decree business to bed. 
Well, Redmond now has a pretty 
  powerful ally in trying to convince a U.S. District Court to do just that: 
  the U.S. Department of Justice itself, star of the Microsoft lawsuit that started 
  this whole thing.
 
	
Posted by Lee Pender on November 13, 2007