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Re: Iowans seek exclusion from MS class-action suit ..

__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Friday 09 February 2007 19:13 \__

> "More than 1,100 individuals and businesses in Iowa have decided not to be
> a party in the class-action antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp"
> 
> http://snipurl.com/19rdy
>
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/new_singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=1%2F26%2F2007%4013350_Public_.htm


,----[ Quote ]
| In 2001, the Los Angeles Times accused Microsoft of astroturfing
| when hundreds of similar letters were sent to newspapers voicing
| disagreement with the United States Department of Justice and its
| antitrust suit against Microsoft. The letters, prepared by Americans
| for Technology Leadership, had in some cases been mailed from
| deceased citizens or nonexistent addresses.
`----

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

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