Al Rider wrote: > Get use to it. MS has essentially "won" the law suit and will only get > more agressive in stifling competition from now on.
[asbestos suit on] Ahem. They had the "remedy" overturned, and the judge removed from the case. The verdict (guilty) still stands. Arguments (legal and otherwise) continue on what to do about it. Of course, the longer the arguments go on, the longer MS can carry on as before. The European Commission is also taking action against Microsoft under EU competition rules. Their verdict, reported in the press this side of the pond a few weeks back, was "guilty as hell", with a side order of "attempting to mislead investigators" (I paraphrase, obviously). Under current EU Law, that brings the possibility of a rather hefty fine. I've seen figures of $1-2 Billion mentioned. That would make even Microsoft's eyes water. [change topic] I liked Opera's press release. It'd be even better if Netscape and Mozilla.org (and anyone else affected) followed suit. -- gav
