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Microsoft Seeks Dismissal with 9 Dissenting States
zalix writes "Microsoft is seeking a dismissal of the
case brought by the 9 States who have refused to settle. In court papers filed
yesterday Microsoft claims that the states have no contitutional authority to
bring such action stating that "Permitting the nonsettling states to seek
sweeping, nationwide relief under the federal antitrust laws and would raise serious
constitutional questions," They go on to state "This would destroy Windows desktop operating systems as a stable and consistent development platform,"."
In the interest of conservation of space, will anyone who simply wishes to make the obvious sarcastic joke about "windows as a stable and consistent development platform" quote please do so as a reply to this comment you are now reading, so the rest of us can just scroll quickly past and ignore the lot of these comments in one block?
Thank you.
As an officer of the court aren't the lawyers supposed to try to tell the truth?
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Microsoft today re-released it's revised version of the second draft of it's DOJ AgreementXP 7.0.9b package.
Under this agreement the states agree to re ammend an future litigation to include future contestment to future settlements of future points of litigation involving but not precluding any agreement in the first place.
In the event of any preclusion of an agreement to be acceptable to both or any parties invlolved are hereby resolved to the point of future litigation pending a court order with at least a 365 day warning pending aprroval of a senate oversight committee.
If these agreements are not met then proceed to Go and do NOT collect $200/month.
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"First lesson," Jon said. "Stick them with the pointy end."
They go on to state "This would destroy Windows desktop operating systems as a stable and consistent development platform"
For the first time in my life, I want to give money to lawyers. Can I start paying California taxes if I'm a Canadian?
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Since Microsoft's actions do, indeed, affect consumers in every single one of the 50 states, I'd say the non-settling states have a very valid case. One could argue that any potential remedies would have to be limited to the states in question, but we all know that isn't very feasible. ("You mean I have to go to another state to get a computer without Windows preinstalled?!")
And don't forget, the judge hasn't approved the Justice Department's settlement yet. She can still overrule it as being insufficient to remedy Microsoft's conduct, and I hope she does exactly that.
If only Judge Jackson had been a bit more polite with his ruling, we might have a couple Baby Bills instead of having to go through all this...
SyRuP Fudge. This is also how the MS senior managment team views the proposal.
-- Nobody should take away Microsoft's freedom to innovate, particularly since they haven't used it yet
We can't find a rope that is long enough or is M$ compatible. Well there is of course some that is but it says in the license that we're not allowed to hang any M$ products.
We have thought of using OSR(open source rope). But M$ say's that it is easy to crack and that we might end up hanging ourself and if we do there won't be any helpline to call.
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Hell, you can't even say lynch without someone cocking an eyebrow and thinking you're in the KKK. Sad.
One of my good friend's last name is Lynch. I guess he's screwed.
One of my good friend's last name is Lynch. I guess he's screwed.
Yes, but is he hung?
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
They're afraid people might take the piss.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
IE is not just a "not half-bad" brower, it is absoultely the best browser by almost any imaginable measure. Get real guys, why whould making it open source improve it? I would argue that the reason MS was able to produce such a stable, slick product is that they have a professionally managed, highly motivated team of software engineers. This team is able to focus on providing what the market demands: an easy to use yet powerful browser that forsakes geeky features for a clean design.
How would "opening" the source produce a better project?
Experts are once again issuing a warning the newly released MS SettlemeNT contains a security flaw which could allow malicious coders to take over your Intellectual Property, delete files on your computer and gain control of your finances. MS denies these allegations though insiders say Microsoft is working on a patch. Back to you Neil.
It sounds like service pack 2 corrects all the IIS security problems ;-)
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Stupid putz!
/. would have been taken down years ago for their tyrannical moderating and lack of free-speech or the promotion of "differing views" concerning Microsoft.
The US Constitution protects us from Tyrannical Governments, not companies.
If your comment was true,
LINUX - "Linus, Now I Understand Xenophobia"
I don't give a rat's behind about "karma" here or anywhere else. Don't like what I have to say here? Deal with it!