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DoJ Extends Microsoft Oversight for Two Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the problem-solved dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Department of Justice has extended its anti-trust oversight of Microsoft by two years. This only applies to the requirement that Microsoft make protocol documentation available to competitors, though. All of the other requirements have expired, and Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly did not give the states complaining the full five years of oversight they requested. Still, this should prove useful given that one of Microsoft's new tricks is to use OOXML extensions to tie businesses to Sharepoint."

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  1. Re:In other news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Shouldn't that be: "2 CEOs, 1 Chair"?

  2. Re:Toothless and Pointless by JohnBailey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have baited breath. Is there anything I can do about this? Altoids don't work. Try taking the worm out of your mouth.
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    It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
  3. Re:In other news.... by pclminion · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a rare "double-whammy" decision, the DOJ has ordered Steve Ballmer and Darl MacBride to co-produce (and star in) a feature length film entitled "2 CEOs, 1 Cup"...

    For some reason I imagined these two men struggling valiantly for control of an athletic cup. What is wrong with me?

  4. Thats nice and all. by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 2, Funny

    The real important question: Is microsoft any less of a monopoly due to any of these remedy's?

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    Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
    1. Re:Thats nice and all. by ozmanjusri · · Score: 2, Funny
      Is microsoft any less of a monopoly due to any of these remedy's?

      Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.

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      "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."