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West Virginia Joins Massachusetts in MS Appeal Bid

Posted by timothy on from the willie-sutton-principle dept.

diwolf writes "West Virginia is seeking to join Massachusetts in appealing a U.S. District Court decision that rejected a tough antitrust remedy sought by nine states in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case. This is also being reported at CNN and ZDNet."

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  1. West Virginia should not exist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The state of West Virginia was illegally created during the Civil War, and should not exist as its own entity. It should be reunified with the rest of Virgnia as soon as possible. It's the only fair thing to do.

  2. Why? by ike6116 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why? I mean honestly, I live in MA, perhaps we could spend this money you know, paying for the big dig, or putting it back in my pay check. I really don't understand why we are spending money trying to get a verdict that just won't happen. It's clear, MS is above the law. And untill some one either unseats them (GO APPLE AND LINUX) or straps a bomb to their chest and takes out Redmond (come on terrorists help us out here... (kidding, put away your political correctness alarms, I don't care) ).

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    1. Re:Why? by NineNine · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      It's clear, MS is above the law

      No, the law is just wrong, and so was the lawsuit. The lawsuit was just abuot a lot of pissed off competitors that couldn't keep up. MS won the PC market fair and square. Now that they're huge they're using their size to their advantage. That's called economies of scale. Happens every day. Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. That's part of a reason why people actually try to grow their businesses... to fight off competition. The anti-trust laws are wrong and generally harmful. They need to be thrown out.

  3. Only the terrorists hate Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you hate Microsoft, and if you use Linux, you need to be locked up at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba along with the other terrorists.

  4. Re:This Will Get Modded Troll by NineNine · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fuck off.

  5. Re:MS == Clones by wcbarksdale · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    it weren't for MS, we would still be paying an arm and a leg for PCs.

    Okay, but if it weren't for Hitler, the digital computer might never have been invented.