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Microsoft Legal Documents To Be Destroyed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-probably-just-some-unimportant-stuff dept.

el-schwa writes "The Salt Lake Tribune has a story that talks about the old Micrsoft vs. Caldera anti-trust lawsuit. During the trial Microsoft tried unsuccessfully to get 937 boxes of controversial documents kept private. Now it appears that Caldera is no longer interested in paying for storage on the boxes, and they are scheduled to be destroyed."

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  1. why not make them electronic documents? by Numeric · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't believe a "tech" company would not convert these documents into some electronic form.

    Scan -> Save -> ? -> Profit

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  2. Ill chip in 20 bucks for a good cause. by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SOmeone feed em through a sheet feed scanner.

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  3. Obligatory 1984 comparison by infornogr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "For some reason they were nicknamed memory holes. When one knew that any document was due for destruction, or even when one saw a scrap of waste paper lying about, it was an automatic action to lift the flap of the nearest memory hole and drop it in, whereupon it would be whirled away on a current of warm air to the enormous furnaces which were hidden somewhere in the recesses of the building."

    1. Re:Obligatory 1984 comparison by BornInASmallTown · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I would have to say that Orwell makes another point in this story that is even a better comparison to the current situation:

      "And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -if all records told the same tale -- then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"

  4. You want 'em? Take 'em! by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't get on Caldera's ass because they don't want to pay to have the stuff stored. They're willing to turn them over. Bug the EFF or someone to go pick 'em up. I'm sure they'll turn out to be very interesting.