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MS changes $1B settlement to appease critics

updated 09:40 am EST, Tue December 11, 2001

 
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Microsoft yesterday unveiled changes to its proposal to settle private antitrust lawsuits by donating reduced-price software, computers and training to schools, after a wide-spread criticism (from companies such as Apple) that the donations will extend the company's market dominance.


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  1. beno

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    90 milion?

    Hey what happened to the 1 bilion? Now there is some foundation that only gets to hand out 9% of the initial offer? And Connectix needs to be on board? Why? Can't these schools decide for themselves what to buy?

    Those cheap weasels, I swear I'll never buy any MS product for as long as I live.

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    I think

    that Microsoft offering reduced prices, computers, etc. to schools will hurt Apple even more. You just can't win with a corporate giant, can you.

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    Thet should...

    have to pay out $1B CASH to the schools and let the school decide what technology to spend it on.

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    this...

    has been one screwed up year. nothing makes sense anymore. sure, let MS barge in on Apple's well earned territory, then the monopoly will be complete. they just seem to get bigger and stronger with each lawsuit.

  1. berserkintosh

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    lol

    you read that last part

    :microsoft said they should buy thier peecees because there cheaper so they could have more of them and school administrators retorted yes and costlier to maintain. stick it to em!

    send that c*** back!

    berserk

  1. tsbruford

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    12/11, 09:20pm | report spam | Reply |

    The fog from Redmond

    Microsoft has really clouded the issue. First of all why should schools even be a part of the settlement? Why should the plantiffs be satisfied with this type of offer. They are being fooled into believing that they are getting something for free... Free computers for the schools, Free software for them, free this free that. The settlement needs to be made in CASH not some devalued, diluted, off-market-value, commodity trade-off. (and crappy stuff at best, what the h*** is XP anyway?) If you were hit by the ice-cream truck, would you settle for a few thousand ice-cream sandwiches? No-Way, somehow the lawyers at Microsoft feel that the plantifs will accept something like that. The TRUE value of Microsoft's software is not the retail sticker price. The more accurate value could be determined by what you would actually pay for it if was a black-market item. Back to the negotiating table boys and get it right for once!

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