[ale] M$ refund

[Jim Popovitch]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 09:10, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Maybe a Justice department not run by a W appointee will look into
> resuming the anti-trust case Ashcroft let die.

Don't hold your breath. ;-)

> Agreements that say what a vendor can sell when NOT selling your product
> sure sound anti-competitive (monopolistic) to me.

Possibly, but why did the vendor sign the contract with the product
producer (also a vendor)?   What you've hit on is the greed of the
middle man. ;-)

-Jim P.