[Am-info] The cost of Microsoft's school charity settlement

[ethical@1of1.net]

In a message dated 2001 November 21 (Wednesday), timestamp 08:24 AM, 
   on the topic Re: [Am-info] The cost of Microsoft's school charity
settlement,
   Mitch Stone <mitch@accidentalexpert.com> wrote:

"|The way I understand this deal, if any of the states opt out of the 
"|settlement, it collapses. California is making noises about opting
"|out,  if only (I suspect) because California is home to Microsoft's
"|single  competitor in the schools market, and they will be damaged
"|severely if it  goes through.

I think your understanding is incorrect.  These are class action
lawsuits; in a class action, no individual plaintiff can opt out of a
settlement if the judge decides that the settlement is good for the
class. 

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