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Microsoft Trial Sent Back To Lower Court

nexex writes: "FoxNews is reporting that as expected, a federal appeals court sent Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust case Friday back to a lower court to determine what penalty should be imposed on the software giant. "Microsoft has failed to demonstrate any substantial harm that would result from the reactivation of proceedings in the district court," the appeals court ruled. "It appears that Microsoft has misconstrued our opinion, particularly with respect to what would have been required to justify vacating the district court's findings of fact and conclusions of law," the court wrote." Well, now we get to hear about Kollar-Kotelly instead of Jackson. Yay.

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  1. Uh-huh by tbone1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "It appears that Microsoft has misconstrued our opinion, ..."

    Uh, yeah. I know that because of PR you have to spin things in such a way, but if you really believe that M$ didn't understand what the government's opinion was, you'd believe that Ballmer has a future as an exotic dancer.

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  2. Happy Birthday Linux by gmhowell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hope you liked your present!

    Love,
    US Appeals Court

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  3. Re:Clarification by aralin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, as I read her bio, she is teaching about mentally ill and law which seems to fit perfectly to this case, regarding the actions of Bill and Steve.

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  4. flamebait! by psychalgia · · Score: 2, Funny

    a LINUX story AND a MICROSOFT story within one break of each other? You really wanted to load test the banjo today, eh? heh,

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  5. Re:Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly by BDew · · Score: 3, Funny

    For those of you who aren't from the DC area, St. Elizabeth's Hospital (for whom Dr. Kollar-Kotelly was once chief legal counsel) is DC's mental institution. Seems like she's got plenty of the right kind of experience to me...

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