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DoJ swoops on Microsoft internal email

By Sarah Left

Published: 29 January 1999 16:45 GMT

Microsoft has been ordered to hand over a key internal document to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecution team.

Government lawyers say the email and its spreadsheet attachment prove that Internet Explorer can be regarded as a product in its own right and can survive independently of Windows.

They say the email - written by Microsoft engineer David D'Souza - points out areas of shared computer code between the browser and the operating system. That knowledge makes it possible for Microsoft to separate the two elements, according to the DoJ.

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