States missed a break in Microsoft trial
C|Net | at | by Mike
Another procedural error on the part of the plaintiff states in the Microsoft antitrust trial has prevented evidence from getting into court. And that evidence, involving a specialized operating system called Windows XP Embedded, could have made the states' case. On Thursday, lawyers representing the nine litigating states and the District of Columbia canceled a May 15 XP Embedded demonstration after being reprimanded by the judge. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly--under pressure to resolve the case on schedule--said the states' legal team had failed to give the court proper notice about the scope of the demonstration and the amount of information Microsoft would have to sift through to respond to it.