`Nuther MS appeal to Supreme Court turned down

Post #12,420 by marlowe 10/9/01 11:10:21 AM Reply	`Nuther MS appeal to Supreme Court turned down [link\|http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20011009_623.html\|Sometimes chutzpah isn't enough]. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not grant Microsoft Corp. another chance to avoid punishment for antitrust violations associated with its widely used Windows computer software. The court, without comment, declined to accept an appeal from the computer giant that would have forestalled yet-unspecified penalties. The case is now in the hands of a lower court judge. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #12,424 by jb4 10/9/01 11:23:39 AM Reply	Poof!! There goes the dream, now for some cold, hard reality... jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)
Post #12,428 by admin 10/9/01 11:36:47 AM Reply	Mmm, mmm, good! Yummy, tasty, snackalicious GOOD news for once! That in combination with Gartner and Giga's blows to MS's security and licensing models, it's shaping up to be a good year on the IT front. Regards, -scott anderson
Post #12,470 by bbronson 10/9/01 3:41:01 PM Reply	Only a good year iif... (that's if and only if) the PHB's actually ditch the M$ junk. It's entirely possible that, in spite of all good sense, evidence, and recommendations to the contrary, the PHB's will select M$ "solutions" anyway. If this happens now, I won't be surprised, just thoroughly depressed. I'm hopeful, but I'm not holding my breath. Brian Bronson
Post #12,490 by kmself 10/9/01 4:48:12 PM Reply	Wired (via Politech) [link\|http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,47418,00.html\|[link\|http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,47418,00.html\|http://www.wired.co...7418,00.html]] High Court Nixes MS Appeal By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 7:03 a.m. Oct. 9, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Microsoft has been denied its best chance to overturn a court ruling that dubbed it a recidivist monopolist. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Microsoft's appeal that could have prevented as-yet-unspecified penalties from being levied against the software maker. Without comment, the justices rejected Microsoft's petition, leaving the case in the hands of U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. [...] `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`
Post #12,525 by dmarker2 10/9/01 7:41:21 PM Reply	Re: I guess this means that the many private suits against MS monopoloy practices, will start in earnest. Doug M
Post #12,593 by jb4 10/10/01 8:56:24 AM Reply	Ooooh! Hadn't thought of that! Thanx for the good news! jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)

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