Go California, go!

[link|http://news.com.com/California+sues+Microsoft+for+antitrust--again/2100-1016_3-5327579.html?tag=nefd.top|News.com]:

Five state counties and two cities have filed a class-action lawsuit against the software giant for using its monopoly power to deny government agencies free choice in software products and charge high prices. The legal action, filed by the city and county of San Francisco, said that Microsoft's tactics caused harm to government users of its Windows operating system and Word and Excel software.

"It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide," Dennis Herrera, attorney for the city of San Francisco, said in a statement.

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The city and county of Los Angeles, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County and Contra Costa County are all taking part in the class action.

Post #171,468 by a6l6e6x 8/28/04 5:45:08 PM Reply	Go California, go! [link\|http://news.com.com/California+sues+Microsoft+for+antitrust--again/2100-1016_3-5327579.html?tag=nefd.top\|News.com]: Five state counties and two cities have filed a class-action lawsuit against the software giant for using its monopoly power to deny government agencies free choice in software products and charge high prices. The legal action, filed by the city and county of San Francisco, said that Microsoft's tactics caused harm to government users of its Windows operating system and Word and Excel software. "It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide," Dennis Herrera, attorney for the city of San Francisco, said in a statement. o o o The city and county of Los Angeles, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County and Contra Costa County are all taking part in the class action. Alex "If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
Post #171,479 by Ashton 8/28/04 7:59:13 PM Reply	Right - So knock off the CALIF slurs, all you effete residents of wimp-States.
Post #171,512 by inthane-chan 8/29/04 4:45:57 PM Reply	Bah. Most of Microsoft's employees are ex-Californians. Of course, that's because most people from around here are ex-Californians... What will we do when we are Gods?
Post #171,528 by Ashton 8/29/04 8:16:04 PM Reply	Like attracts - we got rid of some scoundrels, then..

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