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Judge Examines Microsoft Settlement Progress

Posted by michael on from the splitting-hairs dept.

Infonaut writes "The judge who presided over the settlement between Microsoft and the federal government may be starting to realize what a lot of people already know about Microsoft. The settlement was predicated on the belief that competitors would be able to license technology from Microsoft in order to get some relief from Microsoft's desktop OS monopoly. As Kollar-Kelly admitted, 'I think all of us had hoped for more agreements.' Now the judge is asking federal prosecutors to examine specifically why more licensing agreements have not been reached. I'm truly shocked that the settlement isn't turning out as planned, after the Justice Department so shrewdly rolled over when they had Microsoft over a barrel."

6 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Effffp by H.G.+Pennypacker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frosty piss.

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    -- HG Pennypacker, wealthy industrialist and philanthropist
    1. Re:Effffp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Has any of you ever realized Bill Gates is from Hyrule ? Seriously guys, think about it, it all makes perfect sense.

  2. Re:Monopolizing the first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bzzzt!

  3. bah! by RoC+MasterMind · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Forget Microsoft, SLASHDOT got SLASHDOTTED

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    Hacking the Network
  4. Re:/. 503 Errors? by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Firebird 0.7 was just showing a blank page if I tried to open /. from history.

    If I typed in slashdot.org in the location bar, the screen would flash for a second, but nothing would happen. The site I had been on was still loaded.

    I had to use a perl script to get the error code.

  5. Re:Monopolizing the first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You should monopolize FAILING IT.

    No chance. Slashdot is a VERY competitive market in that respect.