[CC] Microsoft 'give-away' blasted

[George(s) Lessard]

Microsoft 'give-away' blasted
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Microsoft's proposed $1bn settlement in more than 100 private antitrust
cases came under fire from the Computer and Communications Industry
Association (CCIA) in a letter to the judge overseeing the case. According
to the plan Microsoft will provide schools with free computers and
software.  

''By allowing Microsoft to flood the education market with free
software, at virtually no cost to the company, the court will be
virtually assuring that no other competitor will be able to charge for its
product,'' CCIA wrote in a letter to US District Judge J. Frederick Motz.

In addition to the CCIA, lawyers representing California consumers said
they will urge Judge Motz to reject the settlement because it would deny
their clients the opportunity to seek as much as $9bn in damages.

VNUnet UK / ZDNet, 2001-11-28
http://nl2.vnunet.com/News/1127180

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