[Am-info] States are hanging tough

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:58:14 -0600, Roy Bixler wrote:

>Indeed, if this:
>
>MS snags crucial authentication, DRM opt-outs in DoJ settlement
>http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/22647.html
>
>is any indication, the states should hang tough.  That's a loophole
>big enough to drive a Mack truck through especially since M$ seems to
>be banking its future on authentication services.
>
>R.

Clearly, this is a GREAT ERROR.

What also troubles me...I haven't read the complete text...is what relief
is brought to those not wanting Microsoft's OSes to begin with?

In other words, the only "relief" I've understood so far about this deal
is at the application level -- absolutely nothing that will offer consumer
choice at the operating system level.  So the real monopoly continues.  

Right?

-- 
Erick Andrews