Apple Slams Microsoft Settlement

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 15, 2003 @06:33AM from the consider-the-source dept.

Versaj writes "In a move that may further escalate the growing rift between Apple and Microsoft, Apple openly condemned Microsoft's $1.1bn settlement to in the recent class action lawsuit. Apple interprets the settlement as Microsoft's attempt to thwart competition in the California education market. "Remember: this is a settlement imposed against Microsoft for breaking the law. It should not allow Microsoft to unfairly compete in education, one of the few remaining markets where it doesn't have monopoly power.""

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Too little, too late? by hdparm · 2003-01-15 07:16 · Score: 2, Troll

What's Apple going to do? They will keep losing .edu Desktop market share to both MS and OpenSource, for various reasons.
There doesn't seem to be much they actually can do, unless they drastically change their business model/strategy. But in what way? Buying out MandrakeSoft may open some interesting options for them. Just a thought...