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Microsoft Drags Feet with Settlement Claims

Posted by michael on from the slow-down-cowboy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is holding up compensation claims from a quarter of million Californians in order to punish Lindows.com, and to coerce the class action plaintiffs 'into siding with Microsoft against its Lindows competitor,' according to a court filing seen by The Register. The document, filed on 21st November by Townsend and Townsend and Crew, lead counsel for the Californian class action consumers, points out that none of the claims being held up was actually filed via Lindows.com, yet Microsoft has held them 'hostage' for over two months."

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  1. Battle of resources, not facts by mabu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is anyone surprised?

    It doesn't matter whether we're talking about SCO, Microsoft, the DMCA, RIAA, or Michael Jackson. The new get-rich-quick or save-your-ass business model is now based on seeing who can legally travel the farthest on the gas they have in their tank.

  2. Re:Hmmm... by johnnyb · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would go ahead and file. This way, if any additional class-action litigation comes about because of this, you would be elegible for that, too.

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    Engineering and the Ultimate
  3. And the truly ironic thing is... by dsfox · · Score: 2, Informative

    Townsend and Townsend says:

    "Although plaintiffs expressed some initial concerns with the Lindows web site, we are now satisfied with Lindows' explanation of its procedures and believe that it fully comports with the express terms of the Settlement Agreement."