[link|http://news.com.com/2100-1001-866209.html|Doesn't anybody besides MS and Justice *not* hate this thing?]
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A proposed antitrust settlement with Microsoft would allow the software giant to continue to dictate how computer makers configure their machines, a former executive at Gateway told a federal judge on Thursday.
Peter Ashkin told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that even though the settlement with the U.S. Justice Department "purports" to give PC makers more flexibility to feature rival software on their machines, it would do little, if anything, to change Microsoft's behavior.
He was the fourth witness called by a group of nine states that are seeking tougher sanctions against Microsoft for violations of antitrust law.