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Massachusetts Probing Microsoft Settlement Gripes

tassii writes "In this article from Reuters, Massachusetts' DA's office told the judge in the Microsoft Anti-trust trial that it was looking into Microsoft settlement complaints. Among complaints being examined by Massachusetts was whether Microsoft had violated portions of the settlement prohibiting pacts requiring exclusive support of Microsoft software. Massachusetts was also examining whether the company had properly offered communications protocols allowing non-Microsoft software to work well with Windows." An Associated Press article covers the same story; the non-Microsoft software mentioned in both stories is Linux, but it's not clear which company's promotion of Linux is drawing the attention.

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  1. first post+ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ted Kennedy ownz j00, micR0s0ft!!

  2. oh hell yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fuck you fat nerds! fp.

  3. waka by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    waka

  4. FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I finally got it, my life is complete!!!!!!!!

  5. I know it's assinine but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

  6. Fo Sho? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    Eee Uh

  7. Court Approves $750M Worldcom settlement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Court Approves $750M Settlement of Fraud Case Against Worldcom

    A Federal court judge in New York has approved $750
    million settlement between the scandal-ridden WorldCom corporation and federal
    regulators.

  8. Ted Kennedy is a MURDERER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In 1970 Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge and left Mary Jo Kopechne in his car to drown. He did not call the police UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

    He is just as evil as that woman who left a man to bleed to death in her windshield.

    How people can vote for this monster is beyond me.

  9. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When coding, you can make typing mistakes. But programmers get lazy, because the compiler will catch those for you. But you can still make typos that the compiler will never catch, because they're still valid code (for one sense of the word valid).

    A spell-checker is a compiler for English, and no substitute for the real device:
    Engage your brain, and proofread your posts. No software tool can replace it (now).

  10. Answer: Linux for XBox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The answer is Linux for XBox

  11. YOU F41L IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you suk LOLOLOL

  12. Re:MS evil? That's news to me by sdkone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Err, sorry, I think you're looking for the article titled "Judge Rules Against Microsoft: Massachusetts Shows Microsoft Breached Terms of DOJ Settlement". You can find it about 2-3 years in the future in one of the possible universes that will arise from the universe we find ourselves in today.

    I'm guessing those people who modded you up are also from said future. Today's moderators, who should have modded you "-1: Redundant, Overrated, Off-topic, Yet Another Freakin MS Rant", have clearly travelled back in time to mod up other off-topic posts. Anyone who bitched about SCO three years ago can expect a sharp hike in their karma any minute now.

  13. Re:State Greed by Tokerat · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    "Yes, my name is Rob Malda..." ;-)

    --
    CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?