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Microsoft Settlement For Private Suits Rejected

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pleasant-surprise dept.

Lumpish Scholar writes: "Reuters story here. The judge "could not endorse the settlement ... Microsoft will have to start from scratch in negotiating a new settlement or fight the scores of suits in court."" Reuters also has an article from yesterday that looks at the positions of the various parties prior to this news. You will recall that Microsoft was proposing to settle the civil suits brought against it by donating free Microsoft software and old computers to schools. And do remember - because this always seems to confuse people - that the case brought by the Department of Justice and state governments is distinct from these suits filed by individuals.

6 of 382 comments (clear)

  1. Oh, oh!! by Nick's+Name · · Score: 0, Troll
    The settlement would have resolved more than 100 class- action antitrust cases pending against Microsoft.

    Bend over MS!!

    Who wants to bet that this will go on for ten years?

  2. B1FF SEZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WIND0WZ IS THA NEW HAX0RS OS!!!1!!
    DONT BE F000LD BY L1NUX IT IS GAY!!1!

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  3. I love Microsoft by pabs · · Score: -1, Troll

    They're my buddies. Sometimes I chill with ol' Billy and drinking tea and eating crumpets. Last time I was there he said something about giblet being a loser.

    --

    Odds of being killed by lightning and winning the lottery in the same day: 1 in 2^55

  4. The only solution by Spankophile · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think that the judges should just dissolve MS in its entirety, and make it illegal to use Windows.

    Then the world would be a happy place right?

    Right?

  5. Re:For the last time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Its unbelievable how this misinformation keeps spiraling out of control. Even the Slashdot editors have now bought into it.

    Hey, this is the same editor that was implicated in the reason-free destruction of censorware.org, right? Perhaps it's just a matter of hitching oneself to a star at all costs, but that account of his hostility toward accountability would certainly sync with a surface treatment of a major news story (of which I believe this settlement rejection is one).

  6. Prevent Microsoft from innovating???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ban microsoft from any 'innovation' for a period no less than 5 years.

    Which leaves Microsoft to continue with "business as usual": bullying business practices, acquisition of rivals, and the like. What is the point of banning Microsoft from doing something it has not done for years?

    A solution written by Bill Gates for sure