Microsoft Settles More Lawsuits 16
Ridgelift writes "Microsoft has settled with the state of Tennessee to the tune of $64 million dollars. This comes on the heels of more settlements with North and South Dakota, and will likely be similar to the settlement with North Carolina in issuing vouchers. Hopefully there will be more websites to help customers receive their refunds, or help donate their vouchers to help the Free Software Foundation."
Welcome to the land of the free (Score:1)
Re:Welcome to the land of the free (Score:1)
$64M is chump change. (Score:1)
Monty Burns: "Smithers, get my checkbook."
That being said, maybe Microsoft will eventually die the death of a thousand paper cuts...
yes, small potatoes for M$, big win for FSF (Score:4, Insightful)
Certainly, but people only have to channel 1% of that to the FSF and we can almost double FSF's annual revenues. Microsoft may not do much with $65M, but FSF could rock their monopoly with it.
Re:yes, small potatoes for M$, big win for FSF (Score:1)
Good point, admittedly one I hadn't thought of. Now if we can only convince Tennesseeans to "purchase" free software from FSF with their vouchers.
Re:yes, small potatoes for M$, big win for FSF (Score:1)
How 'bout EFF? (Score:2)
Where... (Score:2)
Metric of State AG Effectiveness (Score:2)
Between Microsoft and the tobacco company settlements, residents of states ought to evaluate the effectiveness of their government appointed watchdogs by dividing the settlement size by the number of residents in the state.
Impoverished states like New Mexico caved [usatoday.com] early as Microsoft offered settlement terms that include attorney's fees.
Enough Settlements. Let's Convict (Score:3, Insightful)
It's probably just selfish on my part, but I wish the states would stop setteling and go for the throat and get a conviction so we can start setting up some precedents here. Wouldn't puntative damages come to more than these settlements?
others? (Score:2)
Re:others? (Score:1)
does anyone know how to file a claim? (Score:1)
Re:does anyone know how to file a claim? (Score:2, Informative)
Microsoft's Lesson #2 (Score:1)
Hopefully the next round of lawsuits will come, esp. since Microsoft is still a bully and needs another lesson.
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