JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: A few hours from now, we'll learn details of how the U.S. government and 19 states propose to break-up computer software giant Microsoft. This will be the latest step in the antitrust ruling against Microsoft. At stake, the future of one of the country's richest companies and its products used by tens of millions of Americans, on the job and at home. Following the story is CNNfn correspondent Steve Young. Steve, what do we expect today?</s>STEVE YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In actually less than 4 hours Jeanne, over at the Department of Justice, the document recommending the break-up into two parts of Microsoft will be sent over to the district court just a few blocks away and one of those parts will be the Windows operating system, the other will be a second Microsoft, to do software applications like Office. Most of the 19 states do agree with this. Although we do believe that there will be some dissent from Ohio and perhaps one or two other states but not a separate proposal. It'll be attached to the main document.</s>MESERVE: What is this going to mean for people who use Microsoft programs or people who own their stock?</s>YOUNG: Short-term nothing. Longer term it could certainly complicate the way Microsoft does business. It could actually be a boon for investors. If you look at the AT&T; break-up model, people who had At&T; stock and then got loosened made more money in the process. But there are those who worry and say that it could cause confusion and lack of compatibility between Microsoft's applications and others. So it will take a while to play out. At least a year maybe two, because of appeals.</s>MESERVE: Steve Young, thanks.
Government Set to Propose Microsoft Break-Up