Does a breakup make sense ?
Everyone knew that the government had mounted a strong case in U.S. vs. Microsoft. But nobody expect a complete rout. Yet, when U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Jackson released his finding of facts on Nov. 5, he handed state and federal prosecutors an unambiguous triumph. Declaring that Microsoft routinely used its monopoly power to crush competitors, he portrayed the software giant as nothing less than a social menace. Jackson・s fact-findings were so critical of the company that they・ve raised the stakes in this battle: Suddenly, the breakup of Microsoft is a real possibility. ：If you had asked me how likely a breakup of Microsoft was six months ago, I would have said 10%,； says Robert E. Litan, an antitrust expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. ：Now I say it・s 50%.； The last time the government broke up a major company was
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