Re: [SLE] u.s. v. microsoft

Twas ever so I'm afraid... Channel 4 TV over here in the UK recently ran a program called The Secret History of Hacking, a fascinating view of phone-phreaking (they interviewed Captain Crunch) and hacking in both meanings of the word (Appearance byKevin Mitnick). Covering the story of the earliest coders and how they would freely exchange ideas, a letter from Bill Gates was shown complaining that people were using his code without paying him. "This is theft" he bleated. There is a type of person who, no matter how much money he has, will always want more. Possibly a result of early deprivation of love or lollipops or something. Just feel sorry for them - it'll drive them crazy ;-) Arthur On Friday 07 September 2001 02:14, Brandon Caudle wrote:

I do and if I can recall correctly her name was Money

Brandon Caudle -------------- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Rey" To: "SuSE listserve" ; "LX-Talk" ; "Caldera Refugees" Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] u.s. v. microsoft

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"In view of the Court of Appeals' unanimous decision that Microsoft

illegally

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maintained its monopoly over PC-based operating systems -- the core allegation in the case -- the Department believes that it has established

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basis for relief that would end Microsoft's unlawful conduct, prevent its recurrence and open the operating system market to competition. Pursuing a liability determination on the tying claim would only prolong proceedings

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delay the imposition of relief that would benefit consumers."

If I were M$ I'd be worried! This leaves all conduct from then 'till now

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the table and M$ has pissed off a lot of people since the initial rulings.

Stay tuned - I don't hear no damn fat lady singing yet.

Cheer, Curtis

On Thursday 06 September 2001 04:26 pm, dep wrote:

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the text of the justice department's statement, which explains a great deal, is here:

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/September/447at.htm

it should be noted that the state attorneys general in the case are weighing in in general agreement with this, in no small measure because judge jackson's finding in the browser issue was overturned, as were his remedies, and these are unlikely to survive supreme court scrutiny. justice is saying that they're not gonna screw around anymore and instead go for the remedies they know they can get. this is bad news for msft, which was hoping for the whole thing to be overturned by the supremes. now this isn't likely.

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