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California Microsoft Settlement

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 19, 2003 @11:11AM from the settling-for dept.

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:Overpaid ? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-19 11:18 · Score: -1, Troll

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california is... by italian+cock · 2003-07-19 11:28 · Score: -1, Troll

loaded with a bunch of spics and gooks. So now with the money, CA can raise their welfare.
Re:GNAA EARLY POST by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-19 11:31 · Score: -1, Troll

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Re:YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-19 12:03 · Score: -1, Troll

first off, its GNAA, and second off, the GNAA gets way more FP's than you can ever dream of getting, ftm. So go suck it.
Re:GNAA EARLY POST by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-19 13:00 · Score: -1, Troll

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Re:California's in the hole, people... by Overly+Critical+Guy · 2003-07-19 18:50 · Score: 0, Troll

Welcome to the world of leftist social programs. As usual, the head-in-the-clouds idealist mentality doesn't work in the real world, because money isn't infinite.

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