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Microsoft Lawyer To Lead ABA's Antitrust Section
Dan writes "Wired is reporting that a top lawyer from Microsoft will take over later this year as chairman of the American Bar Association's antitrust section. The panel is organizing opposition to a congressional plan that would require more aggressive oversight by the courts of such antitrust settlements. Considering the next major ruling in MS's case is due soon, you can figure out how important this is to MS."
The EU can only force them to revamp the way they do business *in Europe.* And something tells me that if that happens, M$ will only put the screws down harder in the U.S. - afterall, it will have to compensate for its "losses."
It is no longer a matter of America being willing to keep M$ in line - it's a matter of them being able to. The general public seems to like M$, and as a result, they're going to get away with anything they try. This article proves that. Next, we'll see lawyers such as this elected as judges, and sooner or later, M$ will *be* our government.
News like this, although it doesn't surprise me in the least, never ceases to make me sick.
nerds. How many lame assed versions of "it's like the fox guarding the henhouse" jokes can you POSSIBLY make, you filthy simpleton nerds?
That is completely absurd. If an appointment like this happened in the third world, the adminstration would assess the impact on US business (especially on campaign contributors). If they found a negative impact, then they would call it corruption based on their findings.
If it was a large negative impact more "shock and awe"... If the impact was "positive" expect much mentionings of how that country is a "great example of democracy".
This blanket statement that the US condemns all third world corruption is absurd.
Especially when the US government is behind said corruption.