Justice Reveals Microsoft Deal Comments

Only five of the 47 public comments on the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case released by the Justice Department are in support of the government’s settlement with the software giant.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is due to hold a trial next month to decide whether to approve the settlement, said she planned to read the comments before deciding.

The Justice Department, complying with a judge’s request, only released those comments on the settlement that it described as “major”--those with long, detailed arguments--on the department’s Web site.