____/ [H]omer on Thursday 18 October 2007 02:42 : \____
> State AGs: Extend Microsoft Oversight
>
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> | A group of state attorneys general urged a federal judge to
> | extend court oversight of Microsoft Corp., saying they continue to
> | have concerns over the state of competition in the personal
> | computer software marketplace.
> |
> | The states include California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas,
> | Massachusetts and Minnesota, as well as the District of Columbia.
> |
> | Almost every aspect of the oversight of Microsoft is due to expire
> | in November, after five years of the company having to regularly
> | appear before Judge Kollar-Kotelly's court and account for its
> | activities.
> |
> | The states, known as the California Group, opposed the original
> | consent decree between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice
> | and several other state antitrust authorities in 2002.
> |
> | The decree didn't go far enough to curb Microsoft's anticompetitive
> | behavior, the group said.
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071017/microsoft_antitrust.html?.v=1
The ruling in Europe will help them a lot. In Korea, Microsoft has already
dropped its appeal.
Domino effect.
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