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The Feds' Two-Pronged Attack

SHORT-TERM:

-- Take Microsoft to court to force it to make available a browser-free version of Windows 98
-- Cancel Microsoft contracts that now discourage online Internet service providers from offering rival products
-- Allow PC makers to decide what appears on the opening screen

LONGER-RANGE:

-- Permanently prohibit bundling of browser
-- Initiate market remedies to help companies such as Netscape, allegedly injured by Microsoft's business practices, to regain share
-- Decide what software elements Microsoft can and cannot connect to the operating system



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