Microsoft Sues and Gets Sued

wubo writes, "Microsoft is apparently stepping up its anti-piracy measures by publishing the locations and specifics of their pending lawsuits. Check out the snazzy map — warms me heart and soul." And to even the scales of justice, one of the last remaining class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft in a state court is set to go to trial in Iowa later this year. An anonymous reader writes, "Iowa consumers who purchased Microsoft products in the last 12 years are being represented in a class action anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. The jury trial begins on November 13 and is expected to last 6 months." Bill Gates is on the witness list.

Comments

Nice Map....

[sseagle]

.... but what is the point of this? It shows that Microsoft is 'trying' to curb piracy (of casuals of course) but do they make more busts with flashy graphics and threats?

Daily CAM

[asylumx]

Hey welcome to the daily "Complain about Microsoft" rant post. Please make all the stupid anti-MS comments you can think of and we at Slashdot will gladly mark them all insightful or informative regardless of the actual value of your comments! Sincerely yours, -The Slashdot SpEditors (Oh come on, you'd never mark this one troll or flamebait and you know it!)

Re:But this is good news and good news?

[smilerz]

The vast majority (99%) of people will never switch to open source software - cause it sucks. The interfaces are weak and there is no support and the technology is typically far behind the retail stuff. The people that purposefully seek out pirated software just want something for nothing. If "nothing" were not available they would probably buy the retail version or stick with whatever they have (ME, 2000, 9x whatever).