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Microsoft, DoJ Reach Tentative Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sent-to-bed-without-dinner dept.

JeffMagnus writes: "MSNBC is reporting that the tentative settlement between Microsoft and the DoJ calls for a five-year consent decree between the government and Microsoft governing the company's conduct. A three person panel of independent experts will be created to review the companys' future activity." The New York Times appears to be the original source for the settlement stories; there's also an AP article.

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  1. Re:And the Panel will be: by Paul+Komarek · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't trust Jobs, and really wouldn't want Larry Ellison on this panel (or Michael Dell, or Mike Cappelas, or ...). However, I have an idea of my own for one member of the panel: Monte Davidoff.

    Monte was one of the three authors of the famous Altair Basic that Gates and Allen get credit for. Monte evidently wrote the math routines. He's now a software and systems consultant (Alluvial Software). It appears he does works on several platforms, including Multics. ;-) Furthermore, Monte actually finished his mathematics degree at Harvard, unlike Bill Gates.

    He knows the business, and more importantly, he knows Bill.

    -Paul Komarek

  2. Re:Clinton Administration... by daniel_isaacs · · Score: 5, Informative
    Microsoft is an American company employing taxpayers and paying vast corporate taxes.

    Actually, MS didn't pay any taxes. I did, but they didn't.

    --
    - Dan I.