Well you know why that is: (Re)publicans are in charge of the White house and one chamber of Congress.
If the Democrats ha d remained in WH and Congress MicroSoft would have chopped up in a Gazilliuon pieces now. (Re)publicans always favor big business and scr**ing the little people. Al Rider wrote: > > That's why I put the "won" in quotes. Technically, MS hasn't won per se; but > practically they have won the US federal case. > > In additon to the federal suit, several states are actively persuing their > own suit against MS. > > Let's all hope someone suceeds and competition returns to the software > industry. > > gavin long wrote: > > > 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 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:275-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm
