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Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Zombie9920 on 9 July 2003, 23:06
Microsoft's gift for turning its punishments into business opportunities continues to rankle with the States who brought antitrust suits against the software giant. A filing with the US Department of Justice reveals that Microsoft has already been asked to reduce the licensing fees for its communications protocols it is obliged to publish. Under the joint Se[a]ttlement between the Department of Justice and the States, Microsoftmust provide the information under a RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) license.

Just four vendors have taken up the opportunity, according to the filing: EMC, VeriSign, NetApp and StarBak Communications. Microsoft has already been asked to lower the royalties for licensing these protocols:

"Microsoft has worked diligently to substantially rewrite its license agreement for the Communications Protocols and to restructure the royalties in order to accommodate Plaintiffs' concerns," according to the document.

However two States, New York and California, may seek a court order to lower the licensing fees even further. The filing says that sixteen out of eighteen "substantive complaints" against Microsoft have required investigation.

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Entire article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31628.html)
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: suselinux on 10 July 2003, 02:43
quote:
Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Se[a]ttlement



HAHA
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 11 July 2003, 00:04
What? I don't get it. Se[a]ttlement??  :confused:
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Laukev7 on 11 July 2003, 01:19
Are you kidding, Macman? You live near Seattle; you should understand the joke!
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 11 July 2003, 05:35
Is it because Redmond is near Seattle?? Can you really call that a joke?
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Laukev7 on 11 July 2003, 06:44
It implies that the settlement was in favour of Microsoft.
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: gump420 on 11 July 2003, 11:32
quote:
Originally posted by The member formerly known as Macman:
Is it because Redmond is near Seattle?? Can you really call that a joke?


Dude, in about two seconds we'll be calling you a joke . . .
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: suselinux on 11 July 2003, 13:43
that was fun!
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 11 July 2003, 15:11
I feel like moron.

"You are a moron."

There, now you don't have to say it all you Macman bashers.
Title: Microsoft profiting from antitrust punishment
Post by: rob.rice on 18 July 2003, 21:33
m$ won big time in that courtcase on what ever will replace XP M$ will have a copyright on how to use the API and unless you are a software house shipping ta least $10,000,000 a year thay dont have to SELL you the info AND thay can if thay think it is in the publics best instrest thay can revoke there right to use this info this means that olny M$ will be able to write lanages for that new sorry excuse of an os and olny the ass kissing big software houses will be able to use assembly

Thay coulden't have bought such a strsngle hold on the software market with all there money

[ July 18, 2003: Message edited by: rob.rice ]