UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                   v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION,                   Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 98-1232 (CKK)

In accordance with the Court's Minute Order of May 4, 2009, Plaintiffs and Microsoft hereby provide notice that the Court's proposal for the next Joint Status Conference (August 12, 2009, at 10:30 a.m.) is convenient for all parties. The parties anticipate filing the next Joint Status Report on August 7, 2009, a corresponding seven days later than originally planned.

Dated: May 8, 2009

Respectfully submitted,

FOR THE STATES OF NEW YORK, OHIO, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN NORTH CAROLINA, AND WISCONSIN _______________/s/________________ ELLEN COOPER Assistant Attorney General Chief, Antitrust Division Office the Maryland Attorney General 200 Saint Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 410/576-6470 FOR THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, IOWA, KANSAS, FLORIDA, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, UTAH, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________/s/________________ KATHLEEN FOOTE Senior Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of California 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000 San Francisco, California 94102-3664 415/703-5555 BRADFORD L. SMITH MARY SNAPP DAVID A. HEINER, JR. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052 425/936-8080

FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ANTITRUST DIVISION _______________/s/________________ AARON D. HOAG JAMES J. TIERNEY SCOTT A. SCHEELE ADAM T. SEVERT Trial Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 600 E Street, N.W. Suite 9500 Washington, D.C. 20530 202/514-8276 FOR DEFENDANT MICROSOFT CORPORATION _______________/s/________________ CHARLES F. RULE JONATHAN S. KANTER Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 1201 F Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 202/862-2420 STEVE L. HOLLEY RICHARD C. PEPPERMAN II Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 212/558-4000 Counsel for Defendant Microsoft Corporation