Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash

Makarand writes "According to this article on SiliconValley.com very few claims have been received to claim money from a Microsoft antitrust settlement in California. Only about 4% of the estimated 14 million eligible California consumers have bothered to file a claim till now. The deadline for filing claims is officially April 28 but is likely to be pushed back into May or June. Either, consumers have found the claims process too confusing, time-consuming and discouraging to keep them from making a claim or they are waiting till the last minute to file(like taxes). According to the settlement one-third of the unclaimed money will be kept by Microsoft and the rest will be given to Californian schools."

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Re:Conspiracy 2.0

[0racle]

I see nothing wrong with that statement. If you read it objectivly, you know with out the assumsion MS is the devil, you see it plainly states *abuse* of the legal system. For instance, I install bad hardware, XP blue screens every 5 min because of it, the hardware is tested, I know its bad, I try and Sue MS for something or other, THATS abuse.

On the otherhand if MS reads my data for fun, and I sue MS, thats a valid claim, thats not abusing the system.

Perhaps the statement needs to be written, "User agrees to not be a dick and blame MS for everything and try to profit from their own stupidity." Is that clear enough for you?