http://www.macnn.com/articles/01/12/07/ms.settlement/
MS settlement opponents submit alternative
updated 05:55 pm EST, Fri December 7, 2001
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CNNmoney is reporting that opponents of the federal government's proposed antitrust settlement with Microsoft, including nine states, have submitted an alternative proposal. Among the new, stricter provisions, is one calling for an independent "special master" with more power to curb anticompetitive behavior -- more than the "oversight committee" the U.S. Justice Department calls for. Another, perhaps more significant, provision in the purposed settlement is one that would require the software giant to make its 'Office' productivity suite available on at least three operating systems other than Windows-- including the Mac OS and Linux.
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er ... yeah
So, would Office have to be open source?
Yup, make it available so they can sell even more (or monopolize another platform) ... What the h*** proposal is that???? It's already on Windows and Mac ... whoopdy-doo! ... I think everyone is afraid to actually DO something to MS, so they make these stupid little things up, when they actually have no clue what's going on in the world ... because they all use Windows anyways and probably don't even kow that Office IS available on the Mac ...
dumb asses.