[ale] M$ and DOJ settlement

[Sean Kilpatrick]

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Batten down the hatches, this is about to get REALLY ugly!



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: 

     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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