Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) filed a long appeals brief Monday arguing it must not be broken in two and denying every element of a lower court ruling that it had violated antitrust law. Microsoft told the U.S. Court of Appeals that the ``entire proceeding'' before U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was ``infected with error,'' and that the existing trial record was insufficient to support the ``radical relief'' requested by the U.S. Justice Department.
Jackson on June 7 ordered that Microsoft be split into two companies to prevent future antitrust violation after finding that Microsoft used its monopoly power in personal computer operating systems to compete illegally. He later stayed the breakup order pending the outcome of appeals.
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