Hi Davuid, could you fo the non-US legal types among us please translate ;-) - what is 'the antitrust consideration' ? - How and why can it be 'extended' ? - What is the 'US DOJ' ? - what is an 'amicus brief' ? -- Barend Köbben International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) PO Box 6, 7500AA Enschede (The Netherlands) ph: +31-(0)534874253; mobile: +31-(0)622344955
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of David Dailey Sent: Thu 11/15/2007 20:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [svg-developers] Sliverlight antitrust California and other states have asked for an extension in the Microsoft browser antitrust consideration: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/123837.asp <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/123837.asp> (a part of the reason cited is Microsoft's use of Silverlight) On October 31 the federal judge granted an extension (I'm not sure for how long) http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3708436 <http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3708436> The US DOJ has recently weighed in on Microsoft's side. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139509-c,microsoftantitrustcase/article.html <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139509-c,microsoftantitrustcase/article.html> I have not seen any call for amicus briefs. David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
