Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer said in legal depositions released Monday that the company would have to withdraw its monopoly Windows operating system from the market if a court imposes severe sanctions being sought by nine of the states in the antitrust case.
Under questioning last month from a lawyer representing the states, Ballmer contended that the strict sanctions proposed by some of the states would create havoc among consumers and in the computer industry by requiring Microsoft to offer thousands of different version of Windows.
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