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Microsoft Settles Iowa Antitrust Case
ForestRangerBob writes "Comes v. Microsoft is over after Microsoft agreed to a settlement. The class action lawsuit alleged that Iowa consumers had been overcharged for Microsoft products for a decade owing to Microsoft's monopoly of the market. Predictably, the lawyers are about to get a big payday and 'the software giant will certainly be on the hook for millions of dollars, some of which may end up helping Iowa school kids. Average consumers will probably end up with a few bucks or a coupon for a free operating system upgrade, but the real winners will no doubt be the lawyers — the team prosecuting the case has already earned $60 million in legal fees from a 2004 case in Minnesota that charged Microsoft with similar offenses.'"
like always microsoft buys it's rights to do whatever they want...
thats fascism (read the definition of fascism before bashing me)
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
Although I'm sure this suit is pretty low on the merit-scale (wow, a Vista Home Premium upgrade costs a whole $20 more than the latest OS X), it sets a great precedent.
I can download Linux for $0. It is a full-fledged operating system. If Linux can cost $0, so should Windows and Mac OS X. Never that Linux is free mostly because the developers are volunteers, it's obvious that this is high time for a suit against both Apple and Microsoft. Whee!