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Details of Microsoft's Settlement With Iowa

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

dringess writes "As reported on Yahoo, Microsoft has settled the suit brought by the State of Iowa. Individuals can collect $16 for each copy of MS-DOS or Windows purchased from 1994-2006, while Office nets $29. No proof of purchase required! Now I can finally get some money from Microsoft!" Here is our original coverage of the settlement.

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  1. Great, I'll be able to... by Brad1138 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Afford a PS3... Oh, you said "Purchased", nevermind.

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  2. Another detail of the settlement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Iowa will provide Microsoft with 1 million ears of corn per year for the next 10 years.

  3. Cool! My turn! by mcrbids · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can prove that I bought a copy of Windows 98! My registration key is

    FCKGW....

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    1. Re:Cool! My turn! by Mayhem178 · · Score: 2, Funny

      FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

      Christ, is it bad that I can recite that from memory?

      (Joke-buster: this is a Windows XP VLK, not a Windows 98 key)

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    2. Re:Cool! My turn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I used to work for Gateway, Win XP CD's with product keys beginning with FCKGW were our reward for going through the XP training back in the day (Pre-launch). We were wondering if Microsoft was trying to tell us something with those 5 letters...