California Microsoft Settlement

Lord Prox writes "From news.com.com: A California judge on Friday gave preliminary approval to a landmark settlement under which Microsoft will pay $1.1 billion to settle a class-action suit that claimed it overcharged consumers for Windows. More Townsend and Townsend and Crew is info from the law firm here. Also note... you get vouchers in settlement good for buying computer related items, not just Microsoft products and/or can be traded and converted to cash!"

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Re:Cash is king

[PetWolverine]

For me, the irony lies in the fact that file sharers on Kazaa are having their lives ruined, while Macrosquash, a convicted criminal, pays pocket change and goes on raping millions of people's wallets.

A person who commits a felony goes to prison, right? Why do corporations that commit felonies get slaps on the wrist and fines that, to them, are petty change? I say Microsoft should go to a corporate jail, where, for instance, a sentence of two years means that for that length of time, their tax rate is 300% (just to dig into their cash reserves a little bit) and the CEO has to get raped in the ass on a daily basis.