Posted on 11/29/2002 2:21:44 PM PST by Jean S
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The broad-based antitrust fight against Microsoft Corp. dwindled Friday to Massachusetts versus the software giant, as seven other states announced they would accept the landmark settlement reached by the company and the Bush administration.
Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly, one of Microsoft's most outspoken critics, on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to reconsider tougher sanctions against the software company than those in the settlement. The appeals court has twice sided against the government on important antitrust issues in recent years, even as it agreed that Microsoft had illegally maintained its monopoly on Windows software.
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I love how the standard media spin is once again 180 degrees opposed from reality. Then again, that's why MS spends so much on it's PR department. In the modern controlled news industry "everything is a win for Microsoft".
It's too bad, tho, in the 'old' days, back when FR was a 'conservative' site and not a 'R party' site, FReepers were the best on the planet at seeing thru this kind of media spin.
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