We announced the scheme in 2002 and postponed the start day twice due in no small part to requests of the Korean government.

We are doing our best cooperating with the commission's investigation because we consider South Korea a very important market, which takes a lead in the digital revolution.

We do care about the security. Nothing could be further from the truth than claims that Microsoft ignores the security worries to just deepen its pockets.

Windows 98 was designed and developed in the mid-1990s when engineers didn't take the Internet into consideration seriously. Subsequently, it is vulnerable to online hackers.

The final decision is up to the FTC. But we hope the FTC would take into consideration that both companies compromised for the benefit of corporate consumers and end users.

Today is the last day of the first half so I think window dressing by fund managers wanting to make their portfolios look good will keep the index above 16,000.