Microsoft Antitrust Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Dead at 76

McGruber writes "The NY Times has the news that federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a predatory monopoly and must be split in half, has died. He was 76 years old. 'A technological novice who wrote his opinions in longhand and used his computer mainly to e-mail jokes, Judge Jackson refuted Microsoft's assertion that it was impossible to remove the company's Internet Explorer Web browser from its operating system by doing it himself. When a Microsoft lawyer complained that too many excerpts from Bill Gates's videotaped deposition — liberally punctuated with the phrase "I don't remember" — were shown in the courtroom, Judge Jackson said, "I think the problem is with your witness, not the way his testimony is being presented."'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

There is no more an Afterlife than there is a Priorlife. Afterlife is a fairy tale. That's a scientific fact.

No, it's a conjecture that is supported by the scientific method. It's got strong scientific support ... too bad there are idiots like you that don't understand the difference between science proof and objective fact. They're USUALLY the same thing, but it is important to know when they're different.

In other words: You give atheists everywhere a bad name. Just ... stop.