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Florida Citizens' Anti-trust Payout Dwarfed By Lawyers'
According to Robin "Roblimo" Miller's article on NewsForge, Florida residents are receiving word by electronic and postal mail about the likely outcome of that state's class action suit against Microsoft (last mentioned on Slashdot last September): the upshot is that Florida residents who purchased a Microsoft operating system or Microsoft Office would be eligible for a settlement payment (in vouchers) of $5-12; the lawyers involved are seeking $48 million in fees. The settlement terms have several interesting clauses; for instance, by accepting, you would be agreeing to "settle and release all claims, demands, actions, suits, and causes of action against Microsoft and/or its directors, officers, employees, attorneys, insurers or agents, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, that any member of the Florida Settlement Class ever had, could have had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have, relating in any way to ... any conduct, act or omission that was or could have been alleged in this case as the basis for any antitrust or unfair competition claims."
Lawyer speak is so great. Where else, besides an Eminem rant, would you hear such a string of words as: (empasis added by poster)
ever had, could have had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have
That sounds like an Eminem lyric to me.......bitch.
Everyone who bought a Microsoft product gets $5-$12 in cash and the lawyers get a $48 million voucher to spend on Microsoft products. *grins*
Video Game cheats, hints a
I think that MS is openly admitting that their products only cost $5-12 dollars.
I would allocate that as:
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But what are the lawyers going to do with $48 million dollars worth of retail coupons towards a Linux distribution purchase?
Wouldn't that be AWESOME?
Ever heard of "Windows 95"?
Exactly as much as the class members.
Hey, someone's finally figured out a workable business model for open-source software!
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
But what are the lawyers going to do with $48 million dollars worth of retail coupons towards a Linux distribution purchase?
Move up the food chain and become script kiddies?
by accepting, you would be agreeing to "settle and release all claims, demands, actions, suits, and causes of action against Microsoft and/or its directors, officers, employees, attorneys, insurers or agents, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, that any member of the Florida Settlement Class ever had, could have had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have, relating in any way to ... any conduct, act or omission that was or could have been alleged in this case as the basis for any antitrust or unfair competition claims."
HOly shit, even their settlements come with EULAs!!!!
I shouldn't have to have an attorney to keep me out of trouble. You shouldn't need 6 years of schooling to understand law. There shouldn't be a need for a profession based on the manipulation of law at all. In a perfect world, people would be well educated enough that we could live together and our court system could work without hinging on minutae.
Are you playing Mad Libs?
I shouldn't have to have a doctor to keep me healthy. You shouldn't need 6 years of schooling to understand engineering. There shouldn't be a need for a profession based on the manipulation of data at all. In a perfect world, people would be well educated enough that we could live together and our computer networks could work without hinging on minutae.
GF.
Lots of petrified grits