Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft Offers A Modified Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the deeper-into-the-briar-patch dept.

inepom01 writes: "Just read a story here about Microsoft offering a different settlement proposal- this one would have two other companies join in on the foundation MS is establishing- Connectix and Key Curriculum Press. Since Connectix makes software that lets Windows programs work on Macs, seems like same old Microsoft tricks." gnovos points to another story at MSNBC on the shifting terms of this proposal.

2 of 366 comments (clear)

  1. NOT the MS/DOJ settlement by sulli · · Score: 5, Informative
    Okay, moderators, please mod everyone to -1 Offtopic who thinks it is, because everyone in this category did not even read the headline on the linked article. Emphasis added:

    Microsoft proposes changes
    December 10, 2001: 12:51 p.m. ET
    Software maker seeks to modify private settlement to deflect criticism.

    Microsoft Corp. is offering to modify the proposed settlement of private antitrust lawsuits to deflect criticism it would simply extend its software monopoly by donating reduced-priced software, computers and training to schools.

    This concerns a private class-action suit which may or may not have merit, NOT the DOJ sellout. Pay attention people!

    --

    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. Re:.... by nomadic · · Score: 5, Informative


    bullshit. Name 5 executives who were sentenced to jail time for violating antitrust laws.

    How about 50? Though that's only from 1999-2000. Here's it broken down over the past decade by number of convictions and time spent in jail.

    A little hasty, weren't we.