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Article #661Re: The proposed Microsoft settlement prohibits MS from stopping OEMs Dual Booting
From: Bryan Morgan
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 01:49
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 01:49
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I agree from the bits you posted (I didn't read the full article), that there appear to be few benefits for free software. However, I do not believe this was the driving force for the settlement. Isn't it the case that they wanted to clamp down on monoploy practises? Doesn't this settlement open things up for other businesses (e.g. Real, IBM, Sun etc.) to get access to the information they need? OK it doesn't make Microsoft's software 'free', but surely that cannot have been expected by anyone? Bryan "Adam Warner" <usenet@consulting.net.nz> wrote in message news:9rv4rp$104ejd$1@ID-105510.news.dfncis.de... [assorted snippets from the proposed settlement mentioned here http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7758181-0.html]
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