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Microsoft faces Monopoly Lawsuit (again)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the every-couple-years dept.

james_in_denver writes "Forbes magazine is reporting that Microsoft will be sued in California for predatory pricing. This lawsuit appears to differ from earlier challenges to MicroSoft's marketplace dominance by entertaining the possibility of a Class-Action lawsuit. This would allow individual users/licensee's to participate in the lawsuit. A notable quote from the full text states: "It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide,""

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  1. fp man! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp, fp!!! wo how

  2. Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frost pist!

  3. gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. California, eh ? by haxor.dk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about we sue California for predatory larceny of our paycheques ? CA has one of the largetst marginal income tax rates in the US:

    http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/ind_inc.html

  5. It will allow the licensee's what to participate? by ziriyab · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Her dog? Her butt? Her computer?

    To make most words plural, simply add an s. For example, user becomes users . I'm guessing licensee becomes licensees.

    English isn't really that difficult, people.