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IP: MS lawyer calls settlement critics "whines", says they'd "confiscate MS' Intellectual Property"
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 15:15:15 -0500
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47336-2002Mar6.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _____Washtech Archive_____ Microsoft Outlines Next Move in Antitrust Case (Mar. 4, 2002) U.S., Microsoft Clarify Provisions of Settlement (Mar. 1, 2002) Microsoft Attacks Holdout States' Case (Feb. 28, 2002) Interested Parties Weigh In on Proposed Microsoft Settlement (Jan. 31, 2002) AOL Sues Microsoft Over Tactics On Browser (Jan. 23, 2002) Judge Flunks Microsoft School Plan (Jan. 12, 2002) _____Related Links_____ Post Profile: Bill Gates Current stock price _____ Web Special _____ Take an online tour of Windows XP, the newest version of Microsoft's operating system. New features are highlighted, along with a discussion of why certain features of XP are being criticized by Microsoft's competitors. (Flash 5 Required) _____Fast Forward_____ Microsoft XP: Stable But Often Annoying (Sept. 21, 2001) E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version Subscribe to print edition By D. Ian Hopper AP Technology Writer Wednesday, March 6, 2002; 12:59 PM The Justice Department set out to prove Wednesday that its antitrust settlement with Microsoft is a bird in the hand and better than what it reasonably could have expected if it had gone back to court to seek tougher penalties. Philip Beck, speaking for the government, told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that a federal appeals court radically narrowed the scope of Microsoft's wrongdoing, making it difficult for the government to seek stronger penalties against the software giant. Getting more "would have been an uphill battle that likely would have been resolved against us," said Beck. He argued that the settlement still goes further than what the appeals court decided was Microsoft's legal liability. <snip> Microsoft lawyer John Warden called critics of the settlement "whines" and that the they seek "a grab bag of personal advantages for Microsoft competitors." They "would redesign Microsoft's products, confiscate Microsoft's intellectual property ... and extend this case into markets that it has nothing to do with." <snip> For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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