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Microsoft Case Proceeds

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. up my bum hole! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  2. For the love of god by unicron · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who cares anymore? I'm so sick of hearing people bash microsoft that I'm developing an urge to send them money and support their cause just to be different.

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    1. Re:For the love of god by unicron · · Score: 0, Troll

      I don't support either of them. That's what makes me different; I haven't adopted this battle into my stupid battle of choice. When people type that whole M$ crap I just cringe because the majority of you that do it are 15 years posting to /. from your parents AOL connection talking about how you run debian this or redhat that just so the other dorks in CS club will think your cool even though it never occurs to you that they're just as much of a poser as you are.

      When Linux dies, it's because people like you will have turned it into Microsoft.

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  3. attention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    I have an important announcement to make.

    ahem..

    this web site is homosexual.

    thank you.

    this announcement was brought to you by the Creation Science Institute.

  4. Thats good... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... Cause most states are looking for revenue to pay for all the programs they created last year.

  5. A wonderful turn of events. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 2, Troll

    Hooray! The Microsoft case continues! Kudos to the judge who agreed the states can sue. This is a happy day for the good guys, because although the war against the EVIL EMPIRE hasn't yet been won, this decision brings us one step closer to a world of freedom, without the limitations and problems Microsoft sees fit to impose on the good people of the world.

    This is a happy day for the BSDs, for Linux, and for all the freedom-loving people of the world.

  6. Why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is it that Linux sucks so much ass? I'd like to know! I tried asking Jon Barrett, my consultant, but he didn't have an answer! For now, I'll just go on using Windows while Jon jams mighty hard on his FreeBSD, and laughing till i SPOOGE at all those silly Linux users.

  7. Frost! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First SHORT COCK!! In honour of The QUEEN OF SPAIN.

    8=D~

    It's SPOOGING! Spooging for SPAIN!

  8. Re:What?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sir, you have achieved one of the greatest honours that can be given to a single man. Jon Barrett would be here to give the award, but he is busy fighting for the honour of Spain. So without further ado, I present to you:

    The GREAT SPOOGE Award.
    8====D~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~!

    With this award comes a great amount of responsibility.. You must adhere to the rules of conduct:
    1. The prestige given by the award must be used only for the honour, and not the dishonour, of Spain.
    2. If at any time you are wearing anything bearing the symbol on your head, you must remember rule #1, and not wear it in a dishonouring fashion.

    Thanks for playing!

  9. Re:What?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am megumi who are the 18 year old females from Tokyo Japan. You americans may not think we Japanese like the slahdots but we dos! I reply to this flamebaiting who is vigorously trampling the supporting Linuxers.
    May I asking the valid nature this person underposts? One TROLL I think this poster of anon deserves to be getting is the exit window towards the behind of the Internet browsing!
    Excuse my English please I know is not good.
    I leaving with the tradition of "slashbot" and "trolling" by saying the first poster of "flamebait" must beget his informations HERE about why the Linux "sucks".
    Thanks you.
    Megumi.

  10. Folllowup spooge! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll















    Jon Barrett SPOOGES for Spain! Linux sucks! DO IT FOR MEGUMI!
    I DO IT WRONG
    VIOLATE YOUR SALTY COMPRESSION WITH MY CHEESEDICK
  11. Yeah, right. by Erris · · Score: 2, Troll
    Believe it or not, in 5 years, you could see Mac/Linux people buying, and running natively, stuff like Office and Visual Basic.NET, thanks to Microsoft embracing the concept of the virtual machine.

    Sure thing Rilpley. Can you give me one reason people tie their work up in bloated, secret, propriatory formats that change once a year so that your previous work must be redone? Oh, that's right, people used Word because that's what the friendly M$ agent gave them in business school, then later it was the only comercial package that you could buy from a large retailer like Dell. So now with so many free alternatives available, you think people are going to continue to flog themsleves with M$ crap?

    M$ is going to have to legislate themselves out of their current predicament. Their usual anti-competitive marketing policies will simply destroy their old friends. FUD is failing them as more people free themselves, and dumping is NOT something they can continue forever. Without some kind of horrid digital rights denial laws, the coomiditization of OS is the death of M$ and friends. If the feds want money from M$ they had better fine them or regulate them like tobaco. Otherwise M$ will slip away like glass bottle makers.

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  12. Probably too early to for singing by fw3 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Ding dong the wicked witch is DEAD!

    but maybe I'll hum a few bars :-)

    My first MS bug: '83 MS Fortran v3.1 produced incorrect machine code in do loops nested >= 3 deep

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  13. Re:The interesting part... by linzeal · · Score: 0, Troll

    If we were to see balmer in an S&M getup spanking gates with a leather paddle it would all be worth it.