States Want to Punish MS for Abusing Settlement Terms

fdiaz5583 writes: "In a legal brief filed with U.S. District, the states cited the comments of a Microsoft executive to bolster their argument that the settlement is weak and has not diminished the software giant's ability to abuse its monopoly in personal computer operating systems. The nine states seeking tougher sanctions against Microsoft said they should be allowed to speak at a hearing on the proposed settlement due to start March 6. Currently they are due to present their alternative proposals at separate remedy hearings starting the following week."

Comments

How many times?

[Bob_Robertson]

How many times must we all "speak up" about the issue?

The first couple dozen articles on the Microsoft settlement got lots of statements of support/disagreement.

Just re-read those, they're still valid.

Personally, I think Microsoft should not have been prosecuted for negotiating contracts in their favor. Who cares? As long as no one is forced to buy their product.

And no one was forced. Ever. Just because the lowest price machines came with Win pre-installed did not mean you had to buy it. White-box machines have always been available. And Linux was around for years prior to Win95.

Bob-