Feds, Microsoft near settlement
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft and the Justice Department reportedly have made significant headway toward settling the landmark antitrust case before a court-imposed Friday deadline. Officials at the U.S. Justice Department met state attorneys general in the case to discuss a settlement that would allow computer manufacturers wider latitude to load non-Microsoft software on the machines they sell and give other software companies greater access to the code behind Microsoft's Windows dominant personal computer operating system, Reuters reported. Justice department officials were said to be comfortable with the settlement terms, according to Reuters, but over the next two days they will have to persuade the 18 state attorneys general, many of whom have been pressing for more drastic remedies against Microsoft.