On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:10:12 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Judge Clarifies Gates' Role in Trial
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>>| Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates must travel to Iowa only once to
>>| defend his company in a class-action antitrust case beginning Thursday
>>| that accuses him of running a monopoly that overcharged Iowans
>>| millions of dollars.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| The lawsuit seeks about $330 million for Iowans who have purchased
>>| the software maker's products since 1994.
>> `----
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>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061129/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
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>> Wait and watch how Microsoft settles using Windows and Office coupons
>> (preventing a move to Linux) while keeping itself "not guilty" on paper.
>> It's buying silence money and rewarding the plaintiff with /more/ lockins
>> (e.g. DRM, SharePoint, a version of Office that's not compatible with OOo).
>
> Here we go again - American justice in action...
Umm......shouldn't that be "justice" ?
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