Apple steps in

Post #74,385 by marlowe 1/14/03 10:02:47 AM Reply	Apple steps in [link\|http://news.com.com/2100-1001-980491.html?tag=fd_top\|It's getting to be quite a party] Excerpt: Apple Computer on Monday objected to a tentative antitrust settlement between California and Microsoft, saying the agreement will actually benefit the software giant. Apple's complaint largely revolves around the destiny of funds that are not claimed by individuals and businesses who qualify for rebate vouchers under the $1.1 billion settlement. Under the settlement terms, one-third of any unclaimed rebates will revert to Microsoft. The remaining amount will go to California public schools in a mix of cash and donated Microsoft software. Such a settlement lets Microsoft off easy, Apple said Monday, because history shows that fewer than 25 percent of qualifying recipients fail to claim refunds, thereby reducing the actual cost to Microsoft. I say: I can still remember when Apple was the bad guy. I've got LPF mug to prove it. 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 #74,387 by Yendor 1/14/03 10:09:11 AM Reply	Re: Apple steps in [...]history shows that fewer than 25 percent of qualifying recipients fail to claim refunds[...] Double-negative syndrome. Is this saying that approximately 74% of people do claim refunds, or that approximately 24% do? -YendorMike [link\|http://www.hope-ride.org/\|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
Post #74,397 by Steven A S 1/14/03 10:54:41 AM Reply	Reading the article for myself They may have corrected it since marlowe read it, but that paragraph now starts out: Such a settlement lets Microsoft off easy, Apple said Monday, because history shows that less than one-quarter of qualifying recipients actually claim refunds, thereby reducing the real cost to Microsoft. Even more interesting to me is the paragraph above: Under the settlement terms, one-third of any unclaimed rebates will revert to Microsoft. The remaining amount will go to California public schools in a mix of cash and donated Microsoft software. Any bets on how much of that will be in MS software versus cash? ~~~)-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 #74,400 by drewk 1/14/03 10:57:48 AM Reply	Another opportunity for me to suggest ... ... that the attorneys be paid in kind. If the plaintiffs get vouchers, so do the attorneys. === 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]
Post #74,432 by Andrew Grygus 1/14/03 12:29:13 PM Reply	Wall Street Journal says lawyers got . . . about $110 million in cash. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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