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West Virginia Joins Massachusetts in MS Appeal Bid
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."
I was hoping someone else would have some balls. #3? Anyone?
Well... okay. Isn't that what punishing a company and making an effort to restore competition usually does? How can you accomplish those two goals without bring benefit to the competitors?
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Runnin' around, robbin' banks all whacked on the Scooby Snacks...
Maybe they should spice it up for sweeps with some guest appearances in the courtroom...maybe Larry Lessig, Steve Jobs, and the perennial courtroom favorite, OJ! :-D
Bush pardoning a death sentence? Well, that's something you don't see everyday.
"You're never ready, just less unprepared."
LOL. There's a couple of hundred guys down in Texas you can ask about W's sense of mercy when it comes to death sentences. Oh wait... you can't ask them any more.
Well, at least he's found it in his heart to spare poor Microsoft. All is forgiven. Go forth and sin no more.
I suggested to Bill's people that they produce a version of Windows called Windows DS (Dissenting States) Edition. This would be exactly the same as normal XP except that the media player, browser etc shells would not be there (but the dlls they access would be since they are pretty fundamental).
My guess is that absolutely noone would buy it since the idea of getting half a loaf was never something the consumers were demanding, it was the software houses.
No response yet on that one, although Bill did tell me in an email that in a move to demonstrate his appretiation of the open source movement, Melinda is going to cook a penguin for Christmass dinner.
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Microsoft dodges yet another possible bankrupting lawsuit by buying the entire state of Massachusetts...
I guess we can all stop the stereotypical cracks about WV for being a bunch of stupid illiterate hillbillies, huh.
"Seriously, are you going to get your opinion of any company from someone who quit after 3 weeks? He's probably got an attitude, or was just a bad cultural fit for Microsoft."
He probably did not like to lie so much. I heard that if you don't lie to dozen people by lunch you get fired from MS.
War is necrophilia.
...they can actually afford it.
If MS has proven anything in the many years of settlements with the DOJ over breaking the law, it's that a settlement with them is as worthless as one with Saddam.
That is insulting, to the Iraqi leader. No real sanctions have been applied to Microsoft, no demands that they submit to inspections or bombings either.