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.
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.
