New Microsoft trial judge speeds up proceedings

The new judge in Microsoft’s high profile antitrust trial, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, has ordered both sides in the trial to report back to her on the outstanding issues by 14th September. A meeting has then been scheduled for 21st September to discuss the status of the case.30 Aug 2001

The judge’s announcement follows an earlier statement issued by the US Justice Department yesterday which called for a meeting within 10 days. It claimed that there was a “strong public interest in a prompt and orderly resolution of the remaining issues”.

The acceleration of the trial will come as a blow to Microsoft which has previously tried to delay proceedings in fear of any legal impediment to its release of the Windows XP operating system, scheduled for 25th October.

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