41.   Nonetheless, the antitrust trial was clearly on the minds of many.

42.   Outsiders may think that the Microsoft Corp. is faring badly in its antitrust trial.

43.   Rob Glaser, the RealNetworks chief executive, has appeared as a witness in the federal antitrust trial against Microsoft.

44.   Still, executives involved in the talks said that the timing of the proposed deal was unrelated to the antitrust trial.

45.   That occurred this year in the Microsoft antitrust trial.

46.   Tevanian will take the stand in U.S. District Court Monday morning as a government witness in the antitrust trial against Microsoft.

47.   The agency is seeking a preliminary injunction that prevents the two retailers from merging until a full-scale antitrust trial can be held before an FTC administrative law judge.

48.   The appeals court also sharply chastized the district judge who oversaw the Microsoft antitrust trial and removed him from any further involvement in the case.

49.   The agency will seek an injunction that bans the combination until a full-scale antitrust trial can be held before an FTC administrative law judge.

50.   The challenge to the Wintel monopoly is a replay of an earlier skirmish that became one of the central points of contention in the Microsoft antitrust trial last year.