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Title: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: BouncingAyatollah on September 04, 2002, 11:55:18 AM
Judge Bernard Shapiro rules "anyone in Florida who bought a personal computer with MS- DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel after November 15, 1995" can pursue case against M$ for damages.

See...
CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/09/04/microsoft.lawsuit.ap/index.html)

Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Hammer on September 04, 2002, 12:20:52 PM
Brainless Americans, they are killing their own companies. Oh well, it will only benefits countries outside the US in the long term.

At least MS doesn’t maintain 1 HW vendor for their OS, unlike Apple’s 1 OS = 1 HW structure.

Hypocrisy sticks like sore thumb.

IF Floridians didn’t like MS, why didn’t they selected Apple box instead of MS vanilla box?
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Peggus on September 04, 2002, 12:52:41 PM
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"anyone in Florida who bought a personal computer with MS- DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel after November 15, 1995" can pursue case against M$ for damages.


Ahah! So that's what Red is up to, All hail Red for battling the giant windmill!!!!!
 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Quixote on September 04, 2002, 01:24:25 PM
;-) Of course, it's just a matter of time before similar rulings are issued from other states...
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Quixote on September 04, 2002, 01:24:25 PM
:-( Double post.  Bad mouse!
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Kermito on September 04, 2002, 01:58:38 PM
now I know how people get high ranking in short time... :-P
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users
Post by: theTAO on September 04, 2002, 03:56:58 PM
> Brainless Americans, they are killing their own companies. Oh
> well, it will only benefits countries outside the US in the long
> term.

And you would prefer they continue running roughshod over every other tech company (even their allies) who create competing products?  Yeah, I get your point, but neutering M$ will actually benefit companies everywhere, even those inside the US (maybe like Amiga Inc? ;-).

> At least MS doesn't maintain 1 HW vendor for their OS, unlike
> Apple's 1 OS = 1 HW structure.

M$ have been making peripherals for years and introduced a complete hardware system (the XBox) last year.  I suspect they've already contemplated making their own PC motherboards, except that there are already so many mothererboard companies and not much money to be made.  If they could find a way, I'm sure they'd do it...and to the eventual detriment of the other manufacturers and OEM's.

Todd
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Argo on September 04, 2002, 04:39:56 PM
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At least MS doesn’t maintain 1 HW vendor for their OS, unlike Apple’s 1 OS = 1 HW structure


And what would all those HW vendors do without MS?
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Desler on September 04, 2002, 10:00:40 PM
Quote: "Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said the company expects to win the Florida case."

Man... I have to go home and check my family tree... The family name have been soiled ;-)
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Lo on September 04, 2002, 10:15:31 PM
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Ahah! So that's what Red is up to, All hail Red for battling the giant windmill!!!!!

Yea!
Hmm.. I f "I" had 80 billion dollars, I would spend
a mere one billion to provide us advanced users
with an affordable hardware/software solution
which would bring back the excitement of the
mid-80's :-D

"Eh! Who are you guys? Lemme' go, let me go!
Ok, ok, ok I Promise I will use MS software,  wot,
I hafta use their hardware too?"

Sorry, delusions of MS cops... :-?
Title: Re: Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$
Post by: Joshua on September 05, 2002, 03:53:41 AM
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Brainless Americans, they are killing their own companies. Oh well, it will only benefits countries outside the US in the long term.

It's not that we want to kill our own companies, but with capitalism, competition is good -- and the anti-trust laws attempt to create a somewhat level playing field, at least between American companies.