... from the US computer industry, which he described as "vital in today's economic climate". Tuesday deadline for approval The two sides have now presented the settlement to district court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who must approve it for the case to be brought to an end. Judge Kollar-Kotelly gave the 18 states and the District of Columbia, which were also parties to the case, until Tuesday to decide whether to back the settlement. Click here to see the proposed settlement in full Under the settlement, a panel of three independent monitors will work onsite at Microsoft in order to oversee its conduct and review its accounts. Crucially, Microsoft would also be obliged to provide rival software firms with information to allow them to develop competing "middleware" products - in other words, software programs that interact with the computer operating system. Microsoft will be prevented from "retaliating" against computer manufacturers and software ...

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