Microsoft and the anti trust case

AM,-AM3,a,a-a PM-Microsoft Response,0332 Microsoft plans to summon witnesses to fight breakup Eds: Version moving on financial wire. By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft plans to ask for authority to seek government records and subpoena witnesses to support its argument that breaking the company in two would be going too far, a company spokesman said today. Jim Cullinan said he expects a long discovery process to find out …

…Microsoft's request. He has said he wants to complete the remedy phase quickly. Microsoft made a similar request for months of delay to prepare for the opening of the trial two years ago, and Jackson rejected it. Microsoft argues that the government's breakup proposal will make it far more difficult, if not impossible, for the company to develop innovative products that result from putting together a wide range of software technologies. AP-NY-05-02-00 1256EDT