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Appeals Court OKs Microsoft Antitrust Settlement

Posted by timothy on from the sure-fellas-that-looks-fine dept.

mbstone writes "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld [pdf] the settlement reached between Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department in the antitrust case filed in 1998, beating back a challenge by Massachusetts, the only state that didn't settle. Many critics, of course, believe that Attorney General John Ashcroft took a dive on the case which was originally filed by former Clinton Administration Attorney General Janet Reno."

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  1. Re:Seriously: Why is this a YRO article? by strictnein · · Score: 4, Funny

    because it's our right, as Americans, to get another coupon for $10 off the latest version of Windows XP2003MEServer 64-128bit edition

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  2. Didn't this happen yesterday? by underpar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not really news anymore. It's not much of a surprise, anyway. I'm nore interested in the EU case. Oh.. this isn't anti-microsoft enough..

    Microsoft is like.. the man.. and I am like.. the person being oppressed by said man. Yo.

  3. Paging Michael Moore... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd love to see a nice documentary on the Microsoft case and how the Bush administration rolled over and let Bill have his way.

    Maybe he could call it "Justice 1.0," or something.

  4. Re:articles by ShadeARG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oops.. I think I got the W3C validator banned ;)

  5. Re:Blaming Ashcroft is just ignorant. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A quick note, though...There are as many Democrats as Republicans on that list of donation recipients. Bill Gates donates to those with power...not necessarily to those of any particular party.

    Holy shit! That was... wait, no, couldn't be... no, really, it was an unbiased post! Fucking hell, you didn't slant it towards the democrats or the republicans. Don't you know fairness is for pussies?

  6. Yes! BLAME CLINTON! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 3, Funny

    You win the prize for being the first person to do so in this thread. Congratulations. You have also won the SUPER BONUS PRIZE as this is now the ONE BILLIONTH TIME someone has blamed the Clinton administration for something the Bush administration dropped the ball on.

    Congrats!

    - A.P.

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