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Microsoft is a world-known corporation and its main product is software. The man who will soon be come Microsoft’s new chief (36) officer, Steve Ballmer, said on Thursday that it would be" (37) reckless and irresponsible" to break up the massive (38) firm. “I think it would be absolutely reckless and (39) for anyone to try to break up this company,”Ballmer said at a news (40) after Chairman Bill Gates introduced him as the new CEO. The company is in the middle of (41) wit h the US Government in a (42) antitrust case. The government favors breaking up Microsoft Corp, best known for creating Windows computer operating systems. A break-up would settle the case, people (43) with the mediation talks taking place in Chicago have said.
(44) , sources said. But Ballmer and Gates said that only a unified company able to deliver across-the-board solutions could add "real value". When being asked what he thought about breaking up the company, Gates replied, " (45) . "After Ballmer’s statement, a Justice Department spokesperson in Washington, D. C. declined to state the government’s view." (46) , "said the spokesperson, Gina Talamona.