[Am-info] Down the River

[Hans Reiser]

This is what happens when you change presidents.  Bush owns stock in MS. 
 He appointed a known enemy of the antitrust laws to the job.  It isn't 
complicated.  It is the reason why I cannot support Bush despite being a 
conservative.  Expect to see the courts further packed with scofflaw 
judges who refuse to enforce the antitrust laws.  It's a good reason for 
republicans to vote for democrats.  The antitrust laws are very 
important to our country, and they have been thoroughly sabotaged by the 
lobbying of the monopolists (who have lots of money to lobby with).

Hans


Bill Forrest wrote:

>Wow. :-(  This is far cry from the recommended breakup
>that I had hoped for originally. I have an unsettling
>feeling that we're right back where we started in the
>very beginning. I'm very disappointed. Looks like it's
>Microsoft's world. We're just all squirrels trying to
>get a nut.
>
>Bill Forrest
>
>--- Mitch Stone <mitch@accidentalexpert.com> wrote:
>
>>Does anyone who thought this wasn't going happen
>>care to comment?
>>
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>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011102/tc/microsoft_dc_3.html
>
>>Friday November 2 10:49 AM ET 
>>
>>U.S. Reaches Settlement with Microsoft
>>
>>By Peter Kaplan
>>
>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department
>>on Friday said it had 
>>reached an antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp.
>>that calls for the 
>>software giant to give computer makers more
>>flexibility and share the 
>>inner workings of its Windows operating system with
>>other software firms.
>>
>>The pact, which must be approved by a federal judge
>>and is not yet 
>>endorsed by the states that joined the case, is a
>>far cry from splitting 
>>the company in two, a remedy sought by the previous
>>administration under 
>>President Clinton.
>>
>>The settlement would allow computer manufacturers to
>>work with other 
>>software developers and place their products on
>>Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT 
>>- news) Windows system, and prevent the software
>>giant from punishing 
>>anyone who makes or uses competing products, the
>>department said.
>>
>>It would also require the software giant to provide
>>software developers 
>>the necessary interfaces to inter-operate with
>>Windows as well as offer 
>>uniform licensing terms to key computer makers.
>>
>>``This historic settlement will bring effective
>>relief to the market and 
>>ensure that consumers will have more choices in
>>meeting their computer 
>>needs,'' U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said in
>>a statement.
>>
>>At a hearing on Friday, District Court Judge Colleen
>>Kollar-Kotelly 
>>granted the 18 states still in the case until
>>Tuesday to examine the 
>>settlement.
>>
>>If approved, the pact would bring to an end a
>>three-year-old legal battle 
>>in which Microsoft was found to have illegally
>>maintained its monopoly in 
>>personal computer operating systems.
>>
>>Microsoft shares rose slightly at the start of
>>trading on the Nasdaq 
>>stock market but then fell back. They were off 60
>>cents, to $61.24, after 
>>jumping more than 6 percent on Thursday on reports
>>of a tentative 
>>settlement. The shares have risen about 50 percent
>>this year but remain 
>>below a 52-week high of $76.15.
>>
>>SETTLEMENT SEEN FAVORABLE TO MICROSOFT
>>
>>Alan Loewenstein, a portfolio co-manager at John
>>Hancock Technology Fund, 
>>which owns shares in Microsoft, said the proposed
>>settlement looked very 
>>favorable to the company.
>>
>>``It's the best thing for the company. They didn't
>>split the company up. 
>>They didn't say you have to unbundle things,'' said
>>Loewenstein.
>>
>>[...]
>>
>> Mitch Stone  
>> mitch@accidentalexpert.com
>>
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