Massachusetts Comes Out Against M$ Settlement

The Saga Continues

[seth_wilde]

"Microsoft will use this agreement to crush competition," Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said Sunday. He said Massachusetts would not approve the proposed agreement between the software giant and the U.S. Department of Justice without "major changes."

"If we can get a core group of states, we can consider continuing litigation,"

[news.excite.com...]

[john316]

I say that we as a group should offer our services in the realm of SEO and marketing to those politicos who stand up to the MS bunch.

"campaign clicks"

[Mike_Mackin]

"The deal forces Microsoft to disclose Windows code so rival products work smoothly with the system, which runs 92% of PCs. But the settlement allows Microsoft to withhold code that would compromise anti-piracy, encryption and other security measures."

"Every one of those is a loophole I can drive an aircraft through," says Ed Black of the Computer & Communications Industry Association.

USA TODAY [usatoday.com]