[Am-info] Re: MS Depositions

[John J. Urbaniak]

Felmon Davis wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 January 2002 04:45 pm, John J. Urbaniak spake and
> saith:
> > sturde@az.com wrote:
> > > The problem I have with an ad hominem attack such as this on
> > > "American Justice" is that it is plain wrong.  If the judge made
> > > a decision, it would be based on law and her reading of the law
> > > with the facts before her.  MS has lost consistently before
> > > judges, not once, but again and again.
> >
> > Y'know - this brings up an interesting question.
> >
> > Has Microsoft *ever* won one of those laswuits brought against it?
> >
> > I don't mean settlement.  Has there ever been a case where the
> > Judge or jury ruled in favor of Microsoft?
> >
> > If, as I think, the answer is no, why are all these lawyers so
> > terrified to take the bastards on?
> >
> > John
>
> I thought they lost against Stac, some kind of illicit code use
> issue. (Stac also lost against them on some other issue.)
>

No. They won against Stac for ~~$100 million.  The jury sided with
Stac.  MS flat-out stole Stac's property.  I think they also launched a
suit against Stac for about 1 tenth of that amount for something else.
They were awarded about $10 mil, but they lost the main case.

Of course, the Press trumpeted that as a great MS "Victory."

John