One of the conduct remedies cited most often by Microsoft's competitors is to force Gates to share the Windows source code.
And Microsoft used its Windows monopoly to help its applications division--the programmers who write software like Microsoft Word--by giving them preferred access to the complex Windows source code.
The gamut of possible outcomes runs from a mild go-forth-and-sin-no-more to the truly Draconian stuff: forcing Microsoft to share its Windows source code with its competitors or carving it up into separate, independent companies, the so-called Baby Bills (see chart).
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Even Microsoft has adopted something of the approach of the open source movement by pledging to governments to give them sight of Windows' source code.
Among the possibilities now being considered by the department are breaking the company up and licensing the Windows source-code to competitors.
It is also making the Windows source-code available to governments for scrutiny.
Going further, Microsoft could be required to license the source code for Windows itself to the highest bidders.
The states so strongly believe they are right in the case that they are seeking "nuclear-weapon-like remedies" such as breaking up the company or forcing it to license the source code for Windows, Mr Kovacic said.
Since source code for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 was found online on 13 February, the 200MB files have proved popular with many users of file-sharing and chat networks.
All the code that Microsoft has developed for connecting Windows to Hadoop will be Open Source.
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Its MxR Lab has just launched a showcase of creations and modifications that DIY enthusiasts can build, including open source code for both the devices and integrating full-body motion control through Kinect for Windows or OpenNI.
Microsoft' also adding code samples to its Kinect for Windows development site (CodePlex), making this the first such code from Microsoft available in an open-source channel.
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