[TriLUG] please don't throw me in that there briar patch...

[Brian Daniels]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 01:35:37PM -0800, Andy Hart wrote:
> They view it as a stick, I view it as a carrot. Personally, I think they're
> bluffing and trying to make people panic. They won't stop unless forced to
> stop developing/shipping windows. Their bread/butter applications (.Net,
> Office, ...) depends on them having control of the operating system. I hope
> the feds aren't threatened by this.

Threatened?  They've rolled over completely:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24323.html

"The US Department of Justice, now firm buddies with Microsoft in arguing 
for the acceptance of the antitrust action settlement, claimed yesterday 
that the deal it struck with the company is better than it could have 
achieved if it had gone on fighting. Furthermore, claimed DoJ attorney 
Philip Beck, if agreement hadn't been achieved the DoJ would have been on a 
loser: "an uphill battle that likely would have been resolved against us." 

--Brian


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