[Am-info] 25 states unite to fight Microsoft motion

[ethical@1of1.net]

In a message dated 2002 March 16 (Saturday), timestamp 11:52 AM, 
   on the topic [Am-info] 25 states unite to fight Microsoft motion,
   John Poltorak <jp@eyup.org> wrote:

"|http://news.com.com/2100-1001-861562.html

"|Looks like another 25 states have joined the 9 already holding out
"|making  a total of 34!

"|This looks really sisgnificant.

"Looks" is the operative word.  The piling on was only on the limited
legal issue whether federal antitrust law preempts state antitrust
law.  The states have a vested interest in the proposition that they
can regulate independently of the way the winds are blowing in the
District of Columbia, and Microsoft's assertion tht the nine could not
pursue the case after the feds had settled raised an alarm signal. 


-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
/*\   T. Guilbert
\ /   "Ethical at One of One dot Net"  
 X    Portland, Oregon, United States of America  
/ \     [ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML postings] 
-----------------------------------------------------------