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Competitors Cry Foul At Windows XP, 2K Service Packs

Posted by timothy on from the consider-the-source dept.

caudron writes "According to an article at ZDNet, a trade group partly funded, not surprisingly, by Microsoft's competitors is claiming that WinXP SP1 and Win2k SP3 contain 6 separate violations of both the letter and spirit of the proposed DOJ Settlement. Equally unsurprising, Microsoft disagrees with them. And so the Case-That-Wouldn't-Die drags ever onward."

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  1. microsoft not doing what they said? by dextr0us · · Score: 1, Troll

    *GASP* have i lost more respect for my favorite company? forgive the typical slashdot esque microsoft bashing, but people, if you're surprised.... pull your head out of your ass.

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  2. Service packs = bait and switch by ites · · Score: 1, Troll

    Microsoft have spent the last decade
    seeding the world with their systems
    and they are now locking the doors.
    Did you never wonder why it was so easy
    to get copies of Windows on CD-ROM?
    We have gotten used to needing Service Packs
    in order to get working software
    and 95% of users will download whatever SP
    Microsoft says they must.
    Bait with version X, SP installs version Y.
    What if the DoJ rules it's illegal?
    Ask 50m users to de-install?

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