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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. 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 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...

  3. Re:Settle != guilty by Vulva+R.+Thompson,+P · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, the Federal Government says that they absolutely, positively are a monopolist. And they were convicted so it's a forgone conclusion whether they admit to it or not.

    California settled a year or two (or three) ago. I got a nice shiny check for $78 dollars just for filling out a single form and mailing it in. Didn't require many details beyond the number of copies purchased.

    So if there are any Iowans out there, warm up your pens. It's worth doing, not to mention very satisfying.