California consumers cave.

Post #74,050 by marlowe 1/11/03 8:58:38 AM Reply	California consumers cave. [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40472-2003Jan10.html\|No actual money] Excerpt: Under the agreement made public late Friday, proceeds of the settlement will be distributed to members of the class in the form of vouchers redeemable for any manufacturer's computer-related products and software. I am a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy of one. Where's Abdul Rahman Yasin? The reason I don't budge is I'm waiting for you to catch up. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html] [link\|http://pascal.rockford.com:8888/SSK@jbf~W~x49RjZfyJwplqwurpNmg0PAgM/marlowe//\|http://pascal.rockfo...mg0PAgM/marlowe//]
Post #74,282 by Steven A S 1/13/03 1:23:16 PM Reply	Even worse There's a fairly good chance they won't end up giving away anywhere near $1.1B worth of vouchers: Though the face value of the settlement is $1.1 billion, the actual amount will depend on number of consumers who claim, according to Microsoft lawyers. It would serve them right if all those customers used their vouchers to buy Linux and StarOffice though :) ~~~)-Steven---- "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..." General George S. Patton
Post #74,305 by Brandioch 1/13/03 4:04:51 PM Reply	Conflicting stories. [link\|http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/13/settle.microsoft.ap/index.html\|CNN] Consumers and businesses may use the refund to purchase desktop, laptop or tablet computers that run on Microsoft Windows or any other operating system, including rivals from Apple Computer or Linux. They may also purchase monitors, scanners, pointing devices, keyboards or other hardware, as well as software from any provider
Post #74,352 by Andrew Grygus 1/13/03 10:17:58 PM Reply	California consumers had nothing to do with this. This action was initiated by a bunch of lawyers who smelled blood in the water. "California consumers" were just an unfortunate necessity for filing the suit. You can be sure the lawyers got paid in cash, and they couldn't care less if any consumer ever cashes in a voucher. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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