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Government Wants Control of MS

11:48:54 pm mdt / 29 April 2000 found by diana / filed in legal / source Wired 36 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails

The article says: "If Bill Gates was unhappy with early reports of the government's antitrust punishments, he's going to be plenty steamed when he reads the fine print this weekend." This article details some of that onerous fine print.

I'm no fan of MS, but I have even less love of anti-trust law. And these remedies seem to be a particularly unjust application of an unjust law.

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Unjust Law by truckaxle 10:00:21 pm mdt / 30 April 2000 / # 1

Be specific what unjust law... Microsoft engaged in anti-competitive behavior by trying to stifle competition and eliminate distribution channels of other vendors. Thats a fact. The Government does not want to control MS they are trying to deal with an arrogant company in the only way they will understand.