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Supreme Court Rejects Microsoft Appeal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shot-down dept.

Geoff writes "I assume you've gotten a few zillion of these already, but since I don't see it on the front page yet, the Supreme Court has rejected Microsoft's appeal of the antitrust verdict." It should be noted that this was expected.

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  1. Growing tide of MS support.. by Bonker · · Score: 0, Troll

    This will have little effect on the current case.

    If nothing else, there is a current wave of feeling in the business community (at least if I read all the executives I know correctly) that breaking up Microsoft or imposing stiff penalties on them is innapropriate because it would hurt the already weakened economy.

    Hopefully, the new judge in the case is a little more intelligent than people who routinely listen to and beleive marketing research.

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    1. Re:Growing tide of MS support.. by LoCoPuff · · Score: 0, Troll
      Hopefully, the new judge in the case is a little more intelligent than people who routinely listen to and beleive marketing research. Please learn something about how the market works. When MS's stock first fell after they were threatened with a possible breakup, the market began to fall. Each blow against MS was a blow against the tech market as a whole. When people lost faith in MS stock they lost faith in the tech stocks. As the tech stocks fell so did the rest of the market as people begin to panic.

      There is no marketing research at work here. If you live in the US you can see it happening every day.

      Why don't you ask the laid off tech workers all over the country about what their "market researh" tells them.

  2. Guess MS has no choice but to appeal.... by mickeyreznor · · Score: 2, Troll

    to the LEGION OF DOOM!

    Lex Luthur has been said to be quite sympathic of the corporation's plight.

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    1. Re:Guess MS has no choice but to appeal.... by NecroPuppy · · Score: 2, Troll

      Dunno...

      Lex already had his computers infested by one evil pseudo-intelligence, that is, Braniac.

      Why would he want another?

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  3. The Microsoft Mafia by DaveWhite99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was just thinking that Microsoft is very akin to a mafia operation. Everyone knows they are guilty as sin, but somehow, they never pay for their crimes.

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  4. In other news... by chinton · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Sun Rose This Morning.

    In a stunning reversal following the darkness of the previous night, Sol (the sun) rose as scheduled over all major cities of the world.

    When asked to comment on this development, one Slashdot poster said: "Yes, I expected this, but it still is an important develoment and must be placed on the front page.". This poster was immediately modded (+4, insightful).

    More on this story as it develops.

  5. public opinion by ArchieBunker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Check any of the archived polls at cnn, they will all tell you that about 70% of the public feels MS should not be broken up. Just remember slashdot is a fringe group of people with similar thinking. I don't see what a breakup would accomplish anyhow. So you have the IE people and OS people in different buildings in different locations, how does that solve anything?

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