Microsoft gets hands slapped

[technoviceguy]

Today is a sad day or a normal day for U. S. politics. If you remember rightly the justice department under the Clinton administration started the Microsoft antitrust battle. They picked a judge that was, well, a little biased and wanted Microsoft to be split into two. That was a little too much for society to stomach so out with the old anti-big business judge and in with the new. Here is the kicker: This judge happened to be on the other extreme. Is it by coincidence this judge favored the Republican side? I mean, Bush took this issue personal and he is Mr. Big Business himself. Was the Microsoft settlement fixed? What do you say?

[moebius]

M$ can now pick the people that will police them. These people will be employed by m$ and will even have their offices in m$'s redmond campus. Here's the kicker: they have to report any improprieties to m$ and those improprieties can remain confidential.
This has to be the stupidest judgement i have ever heard of.

[Andthensome]

This is the entire reason why the current system of things is evil... completely biased by whoever has the most money.

In fact, this is just the beginning... wait til you see some other **** coming up that makes this look like kid play.