Applications, information and other services delivered over the Internet could threaten Microsoft Corp.'s desktop operating system monopoly and are therefore worthy of antitrust protections, a Sun Microsystems executive says. Many companies, including Microsoft, are rushing to offer Internet services — from instant messaging (news - web sites) programs to entire business software suites — online rather than through stores.
Microsoft wants penalties in the company's antitrust case to only cover the consumer desktop market. Nine states want the remedies extended to cell phones, instant messaging and interactive television.
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