WashPost - MS paid states to drop appeal.

Post #69,123 by Another Scott 12/16/02 12:02:46 PM Reply	WashPost - MS paid states to drop appeal. According to [link\|http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6733\|this] story at The Inquirer (which cites the Washington Post). SEVEN OUT OF the nine states in the US which stood out against the Microsoft-Department of Justice antitrust settlement were offered money to drop their action, the Washington Post claimed today. Microsoft's chief lawyer first approached California's attorney general with a special deal which would cover it and the other states' expenses if they dropped an appeal against the ruling they were making. And California and six other states decided to accept Microsoft's offer and took $25 million from the software company and an extra $3.6 million to enforce the DoJ forged deal, the paper said. Not surprising, really. :-( The WashPost story is [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52546-2002Dec13.html\|here]. Heck of a time for many states to have budget problems, eh? :-( Cheers, Scott.
Post #69,145 by mmoffitt 12/16/02 2:48:02 PM Reply	An all too familiar tale... when one must decide between money and principle, money usually wins.
Post #69,205 by Ashton 12/16/02 6:48:12 PM Reply	"The Market WIll Correct\ufffd"___Awk..__Awk..__dissemble When the rich assemble to concern themselves with the business of the poor, it is called Charity. When the poor assemble to concern themselves with the business of the rich, it is called Anarchy. -Paul Richards
Post #70,620 by tuberculosis 12/24/02 3:08:58 AM Reply	I am beyond disgusted If I wanted to live with this level of corruption I would have moved to latin america where the food and weather are better. Who is the plaintif in these suits anyway? Seems to me its the people and nobody asked the people if we wanted to sell out. Our industry remains broken and hostage to these low brow cheats. I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns.
Post #70,642 by drewk 12/24/02 9:13:49 AM Reply	lerpadism alert If I wanted to live with this level of corruption I would have moved to latin america where the food and weather are better. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]

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