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Why lawyers don't like Linux
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| No lawyer would ever be paid the same rates for a third-rate article about
| FOSS as he/she is paid for listening to a client - hence my scepticism.
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| But, surprisingly, over the past three months two members of the legal
| profession have taken the time to pen what they, no doubt, consider to be
| serious objections to the use of FOSS. |
| In one case, I went into detail about the article and pointed out some of the
| areas in which it was deficient in reasoning.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19971/1090/
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| Here's a list of organizations that are Anti-Linux. See if you can find the
| common denominator.
| BSA
| RIAA
| MPAA
| Microsoft
| Geek Squad (although they all use it at home themselves)
| Brick and Mortar stores.
| Lawyers
| Proprietary Vendors.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-08-11-026-35-OP-LL-0000
Microsoft is still a company of marketers and layers. It's just /buying/
software (companies).
Recent:
Attorneys in Microsoft antitrust case to get $1.44 million more
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| The lawyers had been awarded $4.2 million for their work on a lawsuit that
| resulted in a 2006 settlement of $224 million for Wisconsin customers of the
| software giant. The legal fees award was far less than the $22 million the
| lawyers were seeking, but Microsoft had argued that the lawyers deserved
| nothing.
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=772052
Related:
Lobbying Could Cause Legal Trouble for Microsoft
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| "In the wake of the exposure of Microsoft's attempt to buy Sweden's vote on
| OOXML and Sweden's annulment of that vote due to irregularities, IBM's Rob
| Weir points out that the fiasco could cause anti-trust worries for Microsoft.
| He quotes ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORP. v. INDIAN HEAD, INC., 486 U.S. 492
| (1988), which says 'What petitioner may not do (without exposing itself to
| possible antitrust liability for direct injuries) is bias the process by, as
| in this case, stacking the private standard-setting body with decision makers
| sharing their economic interest in restraining competition.'"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/2039226&from=rss
Microsoft Still a Monopoly, 7 State Attorneys Say
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| The report maintains that Microsoft's comingling violation has not been
| effectively addressed, that Microsoft remains in possession of the fruits of
| its violation and that the competitive conditions prior to Microsoft's
| anticompetitive conduct have not been restored.
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http://www.channelinsider.com/article/Microsoft%20Still%20a%20Monopoly%207%20State%20Attorneys%20Say/214408_1.aspx
Microsoft Lawyer Fees Focus in Iowa
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| Microsoft settled the Iowa case for $179.95 million in April.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070831/ia_microsoft_lawyer_fees.html?.v=1
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