DOJ Argues in Favor of MS Settlement

hpa writes: "It is described in this article on CNET the Department of Justice is arguing in favour of the proposed settlement, because the government's case was too weak to impose additional penalties on Microsoft. Somehow this seems like a very odd thing to me, effectively the prosecution is pleading on the part of the defendant..." There's also an AP story.

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the doj arent wusses...

[EnderWiggnz]

they're whores.

have you seen the amount of contributions given to Ashcroft in the Missouri Senate race by MS? 2nd biggest, right after enron.

Re:The tarriff is important...

[talks_to_birds]

The tarriff is a scam:

...because ALL aspects of steel production in the...

...United States is weighed down by fat-cat unions and their workers, who are wildly overpaid for the productivity they can accomplish.

t_t_b

Re:It's all up to the states now.

[swv3752]

No it hasn't. There are several times that have been just as bad as the Bush-Gore election. That is not working. Should be a straight 1 vote to a person majority wins election. If the there is no majority, rerun a week later with out the smallest vote getting elective.

The guy in N Dakota should not have 1.5 times the vote worth as the guy in California. Do the math comparing the elctoral votes to the population and you will see what I mean.

The reason noone wants it changed is two fold. One side likes it the way it is- it hinders the third party and independants. The other side are afraid that various interests will get involved and make things worse.