Microsoft CA Settlement Claim Forms Hit Mailboxes

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday November 7, 2003 @01:06AM from the piece-of-the-pie dept.

mattOzan writes "So I got my Standard Claim Form in the mail today from the California State Superior Court, as I assume many other California residents did as well. This is the mechanism to get a chunk of the US$1.1 billion settlement Microsoft reached with the state of California for their anti-trust lawsuit. All the legal details (PDF) can be obtained online. Some of the fine print: the money will be doled out as vouchers based on what qualifying MS software you or your company obtained between 1995 and 2001 (nothing for 'server computers' or Macs). Two-thirds of all unclaimed money will be given to low-income California schools for computer purchases, and vouchers may also be donated to charity."

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my refund by ch-chuck · 2003-11-07 01:20 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I purchased a pda and a boxed Outlook at a major USA comp chain store, paid $102 for Outlook. Turned out the pda already came with Outlook 2002 bundled in, so I took it back, and they credited the card $253. Hehehe.

Applying standard computer industry ethics as exemplified by the prime example, I'm keeping the dough.

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Re:Settlement? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-07 01:22 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Why don't you cry about it?