Microsoft CA Settlement Claim Forms Hit Mailboxes

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."

Comments

Macs

[Johnny Mnemonic]

The settlement includes Office. Inasmuch as Office is sold for Macs, it appears that the version of Office for Macintosh wold also be included. Until and unless I see something that says that the version of Office for the Macintosh is not part of this settlement, I am going to assume that some Mac users would be included.

Re:North Carolina just settled a class action laws

[AbbyNormal]

I disagree completely. Yes it is a benefit that children will have computers, but the way they were gotten is wrong. They will be used to further their market dominance, even though the settlement was supposed to curb Microsoft's "anti-competitive" nature.