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Re: Microsoft pays cash, not vouchers, in Iowa

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 14:26 \__

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 01:52 \__
>> 
>>> Quote:
>>> ---------------
>>> Microsoft Corp. agreed Wednesday to pay Iowans up to $180 million to
>>> settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company had a monopoly
>>> that cost the state's citizens millions of dollars extra for software
>>> products.
>>> ----------------
>>> 
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement_2
>> 
>> Let us see how Iowa spends this money. Will it return for more abuse from
>> the bully?
>> 
> 
> Yeah - but deeper issue - at last there is a /real fine/.  This is the
> first one I can recall where real money will change hands.  I sincerely
> hope that this sets the trend for the future, and no further voucher
> deals are reached with Microsoft.

I think there's precedence in CA.

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