[ale] M$ and DOJ settlement

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Geez, it had me . . . . all the way up until I saw "GPL." 

Drew

On Wednesday 02 April 2003 13:25, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> Batten down the hatches, this is about to get REALLY ugly!
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> Judge Kotelly Admits Error,
> Will Create New Ruling with Judge Jackson
> Tuesday, April 1, 2003
>
> BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
> "U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who oversaw the settlement
> between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice, issued a formal
> statement to the public and press earlier today, stating that the
> acceptance of the MS/DOJ settlement was a ruling made with extreme error.
>
> Kollar-Kotelly stated that her earlier ruling was a mistake and that it was
> quote "issued after the defendant offered bribes to individuals residing
> within the Department of Justice in an effort to secure a settlement that
> would allow the company to maintain its illegal monopoly in software and
> operating systems."
>
>
> The full story can be found here:
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>      http://www.oscast.com/stories/storyReader$250
>
> and includes this little tidbit:
>
> "Elements to the new remedy will include the breakup of the software
> monopolist into 3 parts consisting of Internet, Software and Operating
> System. Judge Kotelly said that code from each of these will be made
> available to the public by way of the General Public License."
>
> On the down side, the story has yesterday's date!
>
> Sean
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