Microsoft Loses Delay Appeal

cheesethegreat was the first to submit that Microsoft has lost their appeal to delay their case by requesting a review with the Supreme Court. We mentioned the appeal a few weeks ago. The link doesn't say much more than that the appeals court denied the delay.

Comments

Splitting windows is STUPID.

[Shivetya]

You split microsoft and you have accomphlished nothing they haven't considered doing on their own. You split the OS and only consumers will get hurt. Just what they need, does it work on OSA or OSB? Which ever of the two gets the name Windows will win anyway.

Office would continue to stomp everyone else into the ground, because its OFFICE. Everyone would know its "really Ms"

MSN/NBC is not a threat to anyone except to those who hate MS for no logical reasons.

Bill Gates isn't the threat either, but a small mind works wonders when it can focus on ONE PERSON to blame.

Sorry, but they won't give rise to competition. Netscape died because its buggy and could not even follow stanadards. WordPerfect, sorry guys, it deserved death. Novell, for the same thing people bitch as Ms for - you could not run on Novell without their certification.

So get real, I'll lose karma over this, but I really don't care. How in the hell this original stupid post made it to a 4 is beyond me. It offers nothing but the standard "Stoke the Linux faithful" by feeding them the bs you expect a politician to feed welfare slaves.

Instead of smartassed no-thought solutions why not come up with something effective. Ms got this way because of their marketing, it must be curtailed in the future on pcs, networks, and the internet to prevent them from doing so again. Office and Windows were merely what was being marketed.

1. Make it illegal for them to require their product placement over that of others on the desktop. Only operating system required icons can be required, and for windows that usually means system and trashcan. However any thing added to the desktop by a vendor should clearly state it is not supported by MS. I would also go as far to say they should have the right to have the name Windows and their Microsoft logo displayed on ANY startup screen.

2. Place no restriction or penalty on the cost of windows for companies that sell computers with other operating systems.

3. Create and monitor window wholesale costs so that it is sold to resellers of similar volume at the same price. This should not be public information, but monitored by an independant board appointed by the court.

4. Require that any software installed by a competitor be allowed to become the first choice for operating on the media (I think this already occurs)

5. Allow for removal of non-required components via the Windows Software Add/Remove. This means you can one click access away for IE, WMedia, or anything else.

6. Require Microsoft to show a good-faith effort in correcting incompatibilities caused by a software update on their part with a competitors product. Perhaps have an outside board judge the effort.

In the case of the solutions provided above, the court would appoint or see to the appointment of any monitoring agency. Microsoft would be required to pain a reasonable fee to maintain funding of this board for the duration the court sets forth.

Those are better solutions, do not take solutions which only serve to help those who have lots of Ms stock (any split would be amazing to them), and hurt consumers by introducing confusion in the market place.

Remember, any financial penalty is coming out of John Q. Public's pocket anyway.