Short Take: DOJ mulling separate Microsoft suits

The Justice Department is considering filing two separate antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft. One would involve Windows 98 and would be filed within the next month; the other would target broader concerns and wouldn't be filed for some time, USA Today reported. Regulators are under pressure to file any complaints they may have about Windows 98 before it is released to distributors in mid-May. But they may delay bringing a broader case, the paper added.

April 15, 1998 7:15 p.m. PT

The Microsoft. One would involve Windows 98 and would be filed within the next month; the other would target broader concerns and wouldn't be filed for some time, USA Today reported. Regulators are under pressure to file any complaints they may have about Windows 98 before it is released to distributors in mid-May. But they may delay bringing a broader case, the paper added.