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Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: Zombie9920 on 2 May 2002, 00:32

An MIT professor on Wednesday criticized antitrust sanctions sought by nine states against Microsoft, telling a federal judge they would cripple the Windows operating system and give away the company's technology to competitors.

Stuart Madnick, professor of information technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the states' demand for a version of Windows that can be customized by computer makers and other software makers would be difficult to achieve and sap resources devoted to improving the operating system.

Madnick was appearing for Microsoft before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is considering the demands of the states that have rejected a proposed settlement of the landmark case.

"The beneficiaries of implementation of the non-settling states' proposal would be the same companies that are its most vocal advocates, Microsoft's competitors," Madnick said in written testimony.

"Their most immediate advantage would come from degrading the performance of Windows," Madnick said.

Read the whole story here - http://news.com.com/2100-1001-896348.html?tag=fd_top (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-896348.html?tag=fd_top)

Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: Master of Reality on 2 May 2002, 00:37

yep..[sarcasm] and all the open source in linux, has made it a shitty OS too.[/sarcasm]

[ May 01, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: voidmain on 2 May 2002, 05:14

Now were gettin' somewhere!!! All the more reason to move forward. Sounds like the price you gotta pay if you don't want to play by the rules..

Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: Calum on 2 May 2002, 13:58

if one million monkeys were put in front of 1 million computers, the law of averages says that sooner or later one of them will improve windows XP. In the meantime i think that crippling Microsoft and putting unnecessary demands on the company et c is a really good idea. I'm all for it!

Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: voidmain on 3 May 2002, 05:00

"MIT Professor Testifies for Microsoft..."

and gets ROASTED:
http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24845.html (http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24845.html)

Title: MIT professor testifies on Microsoft's side
Post by: Master of Reality on 3 May 2002, 05:19

yay!!!... i can smell the roasted flesh now... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, microsoft is cookin'  (http://smile.gif)

[ May 02, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]