81.   Software giants like Microsoft would get tax breaks intended to encourage exports.

82.   Software giant says it is buying Internet firm for its World Wide Web privacy applications.

83.   Standing intransigent to the brink, the Microsoft Corp. blinked moments before state and federal prosecutors planned to file sweeping antitrust suits against the software giant.

84.   So one important local question if a break-up were ever ordered would be how many of the divided parts of the software giant would remain headquartered here.

85.   Still, the software giant continued that line today.

86.   Still, the software giant knows better than anybody how to attract developers and customers.

87.   Suggesting that Microsoft knew it was benefiting from the link is the fact that the software giant tried to negotiate a payment to Ticketmaster for the connection.

88.   Sun downplayed its rivalry with Microsoft, saying the move is not intended to unseat the Redmond, Wash., software giant.

89.   That reputation rankles deeply inside the software giant, which has gained a Rodney Dangerfield-like complex about the criticism in recent years.

90.   The court ordered a new trial judge to decide on a penalty for the software giant.