Judge OKs Florida users' case against M$

[BouncingAyatollah]

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

[Hammer]

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?

[Peggus]

"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

[Quixote]

;-) Of course, it's just a matter of time before similar rulings are issued from other states...

[Quixote]

:-( Double post.  Bad mouse!

[Kermito]

now I know how people get high ranking in short time... :-P

[theTAO]

> 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

[Argo]

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?

[Desler]

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 ;-)

[Lo]

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... :-?

[Joshua]

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.