Judge sets scene for battle over modular Windows

Microsoft trial judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly yesterday allowed the unsettling states to introduce evidence indicating that a modular version of Windows, based on XP Embedded, was possible. The evidence, in the shape of testing consultant James Bach, is a late entrant, but the judge nevertheless allowed it, saying "I'm going to allow Mr. Bach's testimony primarily for the reason that I think the information should be presented to the court, that I should have it."

Bach's professed mission, and the reasoning she presented in her preamble to this decision are interesting. Bach, according to CKK, is intended to "testify that XP Embedded can be configured as a full-feature desktop operating system capable of running on standard personal computers.

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