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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. Settle != guilty by psaunders · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Now remember kids, the mere action of settling does not technically constitute any kind of admission on Microsoft's part. More accurately, the state of Iowa caught Microsoft and their lawyers on a day when they were feeling generous.

    In all seriousness though, how does something like this happen? Will other states follow suit (pun partially intended) for similar benefits?

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    Karma police, arrest this man. He talks in math. He buzzes like a fridge. He's like a detuned radio.
  2. MS PR ploy by krbvroc1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Under the settlement, Microsoft will provide half of any unclaimed proceeds to the Iowa Department of Education to bridge the digital and technical divide in Iowa schools through the purchase of computer hardware and software."

    Great...So the next generation can suffer too... This settlement is nothing more than an MS backdoor into the school system. Why use OSX or Linux when we have a pile of MS stuff here in this box...
    100,000 copies of XP which will do longer be supported Dec 2008 anyone?