[Am-info] MS gets off scott free

John Poltorak jp@eyup.org
Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:40:36 +0000


On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:58:16AM -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> It's really bizarre that the Judge replaced the "independent" monitoring
> committee, which was supposed to consist of 1 person nominated by
> Microsoft, 1 by the DoJ and 1 mutually agreed-upon, with a new
> monitoring committee consisting of MICROSOFT BOARD MEMBERS!
> 
> Oh, yeah.  Gates and Ballmer and their lackeys are going to monitor the
> company for non-compliance and tell the good Judge right away when they
> see a violation.
> 
> This is the most awful provision of any judgement I've ever seen come
> out of a person of the US Court.

Well, that's America for you. With the right amount of money you can buy 
your own justice, tailor made to suit every requirement.

 
> John
> 
> 
> John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> > It looks like MS has been completely let off the hook :-(...
> >
> > This is a black day in the history of computing.
> >
> > --
> > John


-- 
John