_____________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                   Plaintiff,                   v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION,                   Defendant. _____________________________________	| | | | | | | | |      |	Civil Action No. 98-1232 (TPJ)
STATE OF NEW YORK, ex rel. Attorney General DENNIS C. VACCO, et al.,                   Plaintiffs,                   v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION,                   Defendant. _____________________________________	| | | | | | | | |	Civil Action No. 98-1233 (TPJ)

        PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES' MOTION TO COMPEL
       MICROSOFT CORPORATION TO COMPLY WITH DISCOVERY

   Pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the United States hereby
moves the Court to compel Microsoft to comply within twenty-four hours to the following
specific requests in Plaintiffs' Third Joint Request for Production of Documents, served on
August 14, 1998:
1)        Request for Production No. 1, concerning Microsoft databases relating to OEMs
        and Microsoft operating system products;

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2)        Request for Production No. 2, requesting documents relating to any meetings or
        communications between Paul Maritz or Bill Gates and any representative of Intel
        Corporation that took place between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1997;
3)        Request for Production No. 4, requesting documents relating to any meetings or
        communications between Eric Engstrom or Chris Phillips of Microsoft and any
        representative of Apple Computer, Inc. that occurred between January 1, 1996 and
        August 14, 1998; and
4)        Request for Production No. 5, requesting documents relating to any meetings or
        communications with any OEM relating to Apple's QuickTime technology.
   This motion is made on the grounds that the document requests are relevant to the subject
matter of the action and do not relate to privileged matters, and the refusal to comply is without
justification. This Motion is supported by the Memorandum filed herewith.

DATED: September 2, 1998        ______________________________
                            Christopher S Crook
                             Chief
                            Phillip R. Malone
                            Erika Frick
                             Attorneys
                            David Boies
                              Special Trial Counsel

                            U.S. Department of Justice
                            Antitrust Division
                            450 Golden Gate Ave., Room 10-0101
                            San Francisco, CA 94102
                            (415) 436-6660