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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of states led by California asked a federal judge Tuesday to extend court oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s business practices for five more years. The request comes as the antitrust settlement reached in 2002 between Microsoft, the federal government and 17 states is scheduled to expire Nov. 12. Microsoft has been under the supervision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since then and has had to report regularly on its compliance with the settlement. But Stephen Houck, an attorney representing California and five other states, said an extension was necessary to ensure that Microsoft's new Vista operating system continues to comply with the antitrust settlement. "It would be short-sighted to end the final judgements just now," Houck told Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. California was joined in its request by Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
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