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Respond To The Tunney Act

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stop-them-before-it's-too-late dept.

Jeremy White writes "Two nights ago, I was discussing the Microsoft Antitrust trial, and the comment period required by the Tunney Act, with someone who cares as deeply about this case as I do. The person I was talking to had an inside connection that knew the tally and basic shape of the comments actually being sent in about this case. I learned that it's time to stop procrastinating, or Microsoft buys this one."

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  1. The Email I sent: by mESSDan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I sent this email from my Hotmail.com account ;)

    I would just like to say that I have read about the proposed settlement, and I am not in favor of it in its current state. Please consider this a vote against the current settlement, as well as a vote to seek a settlement that is more favorable to Microsoft's competitors, yet unfavorable to Microsoft.

    I hope the irony of using MS Hotmail to send this does not elude you.

    Thank you,

    My Real Name
    My Real Address

    How hard was that? It does specifically what Mr. White asks, which is to submit a vote against the current settlement. It took 5 minutes. Heck, it took longer to write this comment than that.

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    -- Dan
  2. Use Slashdot to collect comments. by Beautyon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do it like this.

    Open a new topic: Send Your Comments On The M$ Antitrust Trial

    Allow the normal Slashdot moderation process to weed out the bullshit.

    Deliver all the 3 to 5 comments to the judge "in personam" printed out on paper.

    Use the power of this constituency, its literacy, eloquence and intelligence to make a difference.

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  3. Just do it... by s390 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and send an anti-Microsoft/DoJ settlement email to the DoJ. You don't have to be articulate or even polite. Numbers count here, sending just "NO to Microsoft" is enough.

    And register it will. By law, all public comments submitted must be published in the Federal Register. And the judge in the case will read them, each and every one. Come on, get off your ass! What's two minutes cost for inscribing your opinion in governmental granite for all posterity? Send all those bastardos up in Redmond a real message!

  4. Microsoft preparation for the settlement by drb1001 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I noticed, in reviewing the reference materials, that under the proposed settlement, Microsoft gets to keep secret (no obligation to publish or document) anything having to do with security. As soon as I saw that, the recent Gates memo "redirecting" corporate efforts made more sense -- Bill's just herding the troops into a safe harbor sanctioned by the settlement, so they will not need to change their basic practices.