Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

3 of 595 comments (clear)

  1. So Microsoft won? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Gee officer (HIC) I wasnt speedin, was I?

    Is this a victory or a loss? I don't get it.

  2. Corporatism has won by DataCannibal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well it looks like the rise of corporatism in the USA has reached it's logical conclusion. Everything is for sale including the government, it's departments, congress, senate and the supreme courts. Pity the writers of the constitution couldn't forsee how moneygrubbing and unprincipled their successors would become,

    --
    No but, yeah but, no but...
  3. Re:Let's not forget by Corrado · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Straight out of HHGTTG! However, I happen to agree with this train of thought. And by this measure, I would be the greatest politician of all time! :)

    --
    KangarooBox - We make IT simple!