How Microsoft Inadvertently Helps To Fund FOSS
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| Microsoft probably anticipated that school districts would mainly use the
| settlement to buy more Microsoft products, with a few Apple purchases
| sprinkled in here and there. But now that Free Open Source Software is being
| commercialized by hardware vendors such as Dell, System76, EmperorLinux,
| Zareason.com, and TechCollective.com, acquiring computers powered by FOSS is
| straightforward.
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http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/11/1446254&from=rss
Related:
FREE HARDWARE for schools from a Microsoft lawsuit settlement in California
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| This is true. If you are a public school employee and your school
| needs new computers, you can get computers with Apple or Linux or
| even (choke, cough) Microsoft Windows or no OS at all. Courtesy of
| the anti-trust lawyers who sued Microsoft on behalf of consumers
| in California. You can also get free software! Go for it!
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http://digg.com/hardware/FREE_HARDWARE_for_schools_from_a_Microsoft_lawsuit_settlement_in_California#c5522747
http://tinyurl.com/38qb6z
Microsoft Lawyer Fees Focus in Iowa
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| Microsoft settled the Iowa case for $179.95 million in April.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070831/ia_microsoft_lawyer_fees.html?.v=1
Judge OKs Settlement in Microsoft Case
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| The lawsuit initially sought more than $330 million on behalf of Iowans who
| bought Microsoft computer software between 1994 and 2006.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070831/microsoft_settlement.html?.v=2
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| '"Most of those allegations had been out there .. And those e-mails were
| old. We were very anxious to continue the trial so we could tell our
| story." Rich Wallis, MS general counsel
|
| 'Wallis said Roxanne Conlin, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, called him
| on Sunday, and the two of them met at a local Perkins restaurant" and
| worked out most of the details.'
|
| 'Conlin .. said in a separate interview Wednesday that the plaintiffs and
| Microsoft had held "sporadic discussions for quite a long time" about a
| possible settlement'
|
| 'Neither Conlin nor Wallis would comment on whether the site was being
| taken down as part of the settlement deal'
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http://www.computerpartner.nl/article.php?news=int&id=4756
June 30th Deadline for Wisconsin Microsoft Settlement Claims-Consumers and
Needy Schools Stand to Gain
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| The class-action lawsuit alleged that Microsoft violated Wisconsin's
| antitrust and unfair competition laws.
|
| [...]
|
| The vouchers are worth $23 each for Microsoft's "Office" productivity
| suite software and Microsoft's "Excel" spreadsheet software; $15 each
| for Microsoft's "Windows" and "MS-DOS" operating system software; and
| $10 each for Microsoft's "Word" word processing software
| (including "Home Essentials" and "Works Suite").
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070608/nef042.html?.v=8
MS dirty tricks archive trickles back to life
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| The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which
| disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last
| week, is beginning to trickle back into view.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/microsoft_archive_not_lost/
Iowans Seek Payments From Microsoft
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| Attorneys for Microsoft and the plaintiffs said Wednesday that it's too early
| to determine how many will file. The class totals nearly 1 million members.
| Class members have until Dec. 14 to file a claim.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070801/microsoft_settlement_claims.html?.v=1
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