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Feds to Publish Public Comments on MS Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spam-forward dept.

Silas writes: "This AP Article notes that the government is going to be releasing the comments submitted by the public on the Microsoft anti-trust case. Highlight: 'Overall, the department said it received about 7,500 comments from people in favor of the settlement reached by the federal government and nine states, while 15,000 opposed it. Another 7,000 comments were dismissed as opinion, like "I hate Microsoft."' Apparently they have to publish and respond to each one." CNN is carrying the AP wire story as well.

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  1. Bill gets a new hat! by moniker_21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one that finds the AP photo just to the left of the article which pictures someone putting a hat on top of Bill Gates' head really hilarious? God it must be nice to be super rich. And here I am putting on my hat in the morning all by myself like a sucker......

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  2. That's it? by mcrbids · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean, all the slashdot stories and everything, and we only got 15,000 responses?

    Come on, guys, where is your activistic spirit?

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  3. WUG by timdorr · · Score: 4, Funny

    There would have been an additional 25000 letters from the Windows User Group.

    But they either crashed their computers every 12 minutes writing the letters or got blocked by Office XP's WPA after they replaced their broken network card.

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  4. Proposed Remedy by Rupert · · Score: 4, Funny

    The DOJ would like to propose a new remedy, based on several of the 7,000 "opinions" received during the public comment phase.

    Under the terms of the proposed remedy Bill Gates will be required to pose for a photograph, to be published on the World Wide Web at http://goatse.microsoft.com/

    A DOJ spokesman said "We really had no clue what these people were asking for when they asked for Microsoft to 'open up their APIs'. But then someone sent us a link to goatse.cx, and all became clear."

    Microsofts attorneys were said to be considering the proposal, although an unnamed source pointed out that goatse.sun.com and goatse.oracle.com do not resolve.

    "When Steve & Larry open their asses on the web, then Bill might think about it," was the source's opinion.

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  5. Wow! by jasno · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't realize the Govt had to publish the comments!

    So what happens if someone sent in the source to DeCss inside their email? Would they have had to publish it?

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