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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 15 Jan 2010 11:24 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Rex Ballard on Thursday 14 Jan 2010 19:31 : \____
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>>> On Jan 14, 8:30 am, Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> > Italians threaten suit over Windows pre-install
>>>
>>>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> >| An Italian consumer rights group plans to
>>>> >| slap Microsoft with a class-action lawsuit
>>>> >| this week seeking compensation on behalf
>>>> >| of people forced to buy Windows pre-
>>>> >| installed on new computers.
>>>
>>>> >http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/aduc_to_file_windows_clas...
>>>
>>>> This should be very very interesting indeed. I presume we'll see all
>>>> the usual activity - members of ADUC will be attacked in the press,
>>>> Microsoft will attempt to get in at a more senior level, preferable try
>>>> to bribe juries and judges, or, if the judge is going the "wrong way",
>>>> try to have him or her replaced.
>>>
>>> It's likely to be a replay of a number of similar cases. Microsoft
>>> will take the position that OEMs purchase millions of copies of
>>> windows and install it on the computers because they feel it will add
>>> to the value of the computer. After all "Without our operating system
>>> a computer is just a box with some blinking lights".
>>>
>>> Normally there are a series of preliminary rulings. If the judge
>>> indicates in the preliminary rulings that he isn't buying this
>>> argument, or that he is buying the arguments of the plaintiffs that
>>> Microsoft has illegally conspired to prevent consumers from buying
>>> machines that didn't have Windows, and instead had something else,
>>> like say, Linux, in them, then they are likely to offer a quick and
>>> cheap settlement carefully worded to not only continue business as
>>> usual, but also will prevent evidence or rulings in this case from
>>> being used in other cases.
>>>
>>> There is a reason why Microsoft pays nearly $2 billion in legal fees,
>>> and it isn't because the lawyers play golf with them.
>>
>> FWIW, Microsoft formally reduced the legal budget by 15% (due to its
>> sharply-declining profits). It also fired many lawyers, which makes it weaker
>> in the courtroom.
>>
>
> Also, the Italian legal system operates under rather differeng premises
> to the British system (and those derived from it, like the US system).
Yes, they wanted to put Google executives in jail for not removing some YouTube
video/s.
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