[Am-info] MS gets off scott free

[Mitch Stone]

I'd like to be cheered by this scenario, but I am not. Is it because we've 
been "watching and seeing" for more than four years now? Is it because all 
the hopes we've invested in the political and legal system have gone 
unrequited? It is for me.

You know how dogs get flat noses, don't you?

Mitch

On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 06:47 AM, Joe Barr wrote:

> She is laying a trap.  I doubt that Gates will miss it.  I expect MS to
> vigorously fight against her suggested revisions to the proposed
> settlement.
>
> Why do I feel that way?
>
> She warned MS execs in court that their promises to be good would come
> back to haunt them if their actions didn't match their words.
>
> In her opinion, she makes it quite clear that she is aware of
> Microsoft's propensity for lies.  The prince and all that.
>
> And finally, one of the most glaring weaknesses in the proposed
> settlement is its lack of teeth.  Her amendments give her full and
> immediate power to enforce "the letter and the spirit" of the final
> judgement.
>
> By putting only MS folks on the committee, she is making it Microsoft's
> responsibility and Microsoft's responsibility alone to adhere to the
> settlement.  That's the extra rope.
>
> This little old lady is going to bring MS to its knees.  Watch and see.