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Microsoft CA Settlement Claim Forms Hit Mailboxes

Posted by CowboyNeal on 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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  1. Poor Choice of words... by Bendebecker · · Score: -1, Troll

    vouchers may also be donated to charity
    Perhaps 'inflicted' would be a better word. Might be good to wipe your ass with though...

    --
    There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
    most of us won't be able to afford it.
    -- Lemmy
  2. creators' offer to settle hits US between the eyes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  4. Re:Rxke is right, sorry.... by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, but I highly doubt that any company is going to say "Yay! Now we can switch to Linux!" - they're just going to add it to the existing IT budget & buy more MS stuff.

    That sounds like a Linux usability problem, which is hardly something Microsoft is at fault for.

    --
    evil adrian