The nine states that chose to hold out for a fairer proposal -- rather than sign the one offered by both Microsoft and the DOJ -- submitted their own settlement to the U.S. district judge, and it looks like they are putting Microsoft's feet to the open-source fire. Although some of the details behind the states' proposal were made known as early as late Wednesday from news sources quoting individuals close to the case, last Friday's submission reveals even more juicy details. Under the new proposed settlement, Microsoft would be required to offer a version of its operating system without all of the company's "middleware" products such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
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