Microsoft Slips a Day After Ruling; Competitors Mixed
Microsoft (MSFT) - Get Report was down 0.1% in preopen Island trading, a day after an appeals court overturned the order to breakup the software giant.
CEO Bill Gates said in morning television interviews that he is "very open" to settling the case with the government.
Companies that compete with various Microsoft ventures were mixed. Software giant
Oracle
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was up 0.6% preopen. Media software maker
RealNetworks
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was up 0.5%.
Interactive TV software maker
Liberate Technologies
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was down 6.8% despite posting a fourth-quarter loss that was 1 cent per share narrower than the Street's forecast.
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