In a court filing yesterday, the nine states opposing the government's proposed antitrust settlement with Microsoft said the pact was riddled with flaws and, if approved, would extinguish competition and lock computer users into "a Microsoft- controlled world."
Microsoft, in reply, declared that if the sweeping sanctions proposed by the nine states were imposed it would "turn the clock back on the computer industry" and "inflict harm on software developers, hardware vendors and consumers."
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