UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                  FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,          )
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          Plaintiff,               )
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          v.                  )    Civil Action No. 98-1232 (TPJ)
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION,        )
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          Defendant.               )
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STATE OF NEW YORK, et al.,         )
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          Plaintiffs,              )
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          v.                  )    
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION,        )
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          Defendant.               )
____________________________________)   Civil Action No. 98-1233 (TPJ)
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION,        )
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          Counterclaim-Plaintiff,  )
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          v.                  )
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ELIOT SPITZER, attorney general of the  )
     State of New York, in his official )
     capacity, et al.,             )
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          Counterclaim-Defendants. )
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                        FINDINGS OF FACT