Court Refuses Microsoft Rehearing
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An appeals court refused on Thursday to reconsider its decision that Microsoft illegally mingled its Windows operating system and Internet browser, handing the software giant a setback in its four-year antitrust battle with the government.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied Microsoft's request in a brief order, clearing the way for the case to be sent back to a lower court to decide Microsoft's penalty for being an illegal monopoly.
"Nothing in the court's opinion is intended to preclude the District Court's consideration of remedy issues,'' the appellate judges said.