UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

      Plaintiff,
         v.                                                 Civil Action No. 98-1232 (CKK)

 MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

      Defendant.




                                              ORDER

          Presently pending before the Court is a proposed consent decree submitted by the parties

in the above-captioned case.  Following application of the Tunney Act, 15 U.S.C. Û 16(b)-(h), and

upon a finding pursuant 15 U.S.C. Û 16(e) that, with the exception of Û VII of the proposed final

judgment ("SRPFJ"), entry of the SRPFJ as the final judgment in this action is in the public

interest, as set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is this 1st day of November,

2002, hereby

          ORDERED that the SRPFJ is conditionally approved as the final judgment in this case;

and it is further 

          ORDERED that, in order to obtain final approval of the SRPFJ, Plaintiff and Microsoft

shall submit to the Court a proposed amendment to Û VII addressing the concerns described in the

accompanying Memorandum Opinion; and it is further



      ORDERED that such proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Court not later than

November 8, 2002.  

      SO ORDERED.


                                                      _____________________________
                                                      COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY
                                                      United States District Judge