Thanks Scott! Talks over whether America Online will be included in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows XP operating system broke down, a Microsoft spokesman confirmed Friday. Negotiations, which had been ongoing since a contract between the two ended Jan. 1, were called off this week after the two could not agree to new terms, spokesman Jim Cullinan said. Windows XP, the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, is scheduled to be in stores in October. America Online spokesman Jim Whitney said AOL, a division of AOL Time Warner, had no comment. Cullinan said Microsoft still would provide AOL with the technical information it needs to make the company’s Internet software compatible with XP if users install it themselves. “We’re disappointed that talks broke down, but AOL remains a very important ISV and we are working very hard to ensure the AOL client will work great on top of Windows XP,” Cullinan said.
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