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Microsoft Case Proceeds

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the day-follows-night dept.

YeOldeCurmudgeon writes "This story just posted on Yahoo: Federal Judge Denies Microsoft Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Case. Microsoft's motion to dismiss the suit filed by the 9 dissenting states was denied. The judge agrees the states can sue." An article in the San Francisco Chronicle summarizes the case's current state and what's coming up next.

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  1. A decent solution by smartin · · Score: 3, Funny

    M$ should be forced to pay one million ... no one billion dollars to the FSF.

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    1. Re:A decent solution by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd estimate the real amount to be more like 100B dollars. Please don't mod me funny, i'm as serious as a heart attack.

  2. and by smartin · · Score: 2, Funny

    RMS should be appointed to their board of directors

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    1. Re:and by ShmuelP · · Score: 3, Funny

      It wouldn't help to have RMS on their board of directors - he would probably refuse to use any proprietary software, and therefore not find out when the meeting are scheduled!

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  3. Microsoft's grounds for dismissal by tcd004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Read em here

    Please note, this is a joke.

    Now go back to your daily lives.

  4. Re:does anyone even care any more? by prockcore · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps this trial should use opensource tactics. Judge Early, Judge Often!

    But think about it.. this case is taking longer than it took to build Mozilla. If that's not saying something...

  5. Duh by Digital+Prophet · · Score: 1, Funny

    The document Microsoft filed, encompassing its summary of both the facts and the law at issue, totaled 575 pages, while the non-settling states submitted findings of fact that filled 528 pages and separate conclusions of law that added 84 more pages.

    Well duh, of course the judge ruled the states could sue Microsoft. Microsoft filed 37 less pages than the states! Their position must be very weak in comparison!

  6. The judgement. "You're condemned to the x86." by crovira · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would be trivial to implement and verify. And they would have nothing to complain about since that just enforces the status quo.

    Any M$ app/OS on anything BUT an x86 box and Gates and Dancing Monkey Boy kiss their assets good bye and rot in jail for as long as the app/OS is available on anything but the x86.

    Steve Jobs will just have to learn to like OpenOffice or StarOffice.

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  7. This business has performed an illegal operation by racerx509 · · Score: 2, Funny

    courts to microsoft: Your corporation has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. Close or Ignore?

    Microsoft has been clicking "ignore" for a while, but it looks like its no longer working. Lookes like they'll have to click "close"

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