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DOJ settlement not widely backed | |
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| Time: 17:52 EST/22:52 GMT | News Source: Associated Press | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Only five of the 47 public comments on the Microsoft antitrust case released by the Justice Department on Friday are in support of the government’s settlement with the software giant. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is due to hold a trial next month to decide whether to approve the settlement, said she planned to read the comments before deciding | ||
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| #1 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 2/19/2002 12:43:58 AM |
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It's a well known fact that people seldom will write in to support things. If people are happy they don't see much motivation to pursue things like letter writing and such.
The 5 groups they are probably looking at are ones with a bone to pick. I think naming a group something something for the Moral Defense of Capitalism, pretty much means they have a mission and are going to write some letters. Actually most of the responses that I read were mostly favorable. They thought it was good, but they had a couple of other provisions they'd like to see. I think if the DOJ revises this slightly it will be passed by the Judge. The settlement the States are looking for won't fly, on the other hand as it was clearly motivated by competitors not consumers. |
| #2 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 2/19/2002 3:48:24 PM |
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"Actually most of the responses that I read were mostly favorable. They thought it was good, but they had a couple of other provisions they'd like to see. I think if the DOJ revises this slightly it will be passed by the Judge."
Which comments have you been reading? I've read about 30 of the 47, and there's not too many of them that say this is good. And the ones that do defend the PFJ do nothing to rebut the flaws raised by others. They just say similarly retarded statements as the Competitive Impact Statement like "This will restore competition to the technology marketplace." If you just read the first 2 (some private citizen/programmer and the Antitrust Assoc., you'll see that the PFJ is so flawed and so much of what MS wanted that I can't imagine the DOJ and MS will make enough revisions to get to the point where this is acceptable. No, I think people are going to start realizing that the DOJ gave MS everything they wanted because that's what the current administration represents. But what the hell does Ashcroft say after defending this thing as pro-consumer, pro-competitive, and remedial to all of MS's illegal tactics, when K-K says, "no it's not, it's ridiculous, and you have a conviction, settlement is not granted, see you back in court when you have an actual remedy for this convicted monopoly." |
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