Discussions between AOL Time Warner and Microsoft over whether AOL's online service software would be bundled with Windows XP collapsed Saturday. During a phone call, lead negotiators for the two companies agreed they could not resolve the issues that had stalled discussions, said sources familiar with the matter. An agreement would have guaranteed the AOL software would ship with XP as it has with every other version Windows released in the past five years. AOL Time Warner and Microsoft are deeply divided over a number of issues, said sources close to the discussions.
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