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The Supreme Court handed Microsoft a defeat by refusing to rule on the companys request to halt an antitrust suit filed against it. The Supreme Court's decision allows Novell's lawsuit to continue but no date has been set at this time.
Novell alleged that Microsoft targeted the programs because they could run on alternative operating systems and therefore could enable alternatives to Windows to gain market share. Microsoft argued in court filings that Novell did not compete in the operating systems market, and therefore cannot claim to have been harmed by alleged anticompetitive conduct by Microsoft in that market.