Canis Lupus
11-01-2002, 07:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday approved most of the provisions of an antitrust settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department, largely setting aside concerns by some states that the sanctions were too light on the software titan.
The sanctions are to last for at least five years unless extended by the court, the judge said.
The approved settlement requires Microsoft to disclose some sensitive technology to its rivals months earlier than the company and the Justice Department had proposed.
Full details can be read here (http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/01/technology/microsoft_remedy/index.htm).
Microsoft may have lost numerous battles in this antitrust case that has spanned four years, but this court decision means they may have won the war ... that is, until the nine other states who did not accept the settlements decide to make an appeal.
I have a feeling it's not quite over yet...
Sources: CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/01/technology/microsoft_remedy/index.htm) & ZDNet (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-964278.html)
The sanctions are to last for at least five years unless extended by the court, the judge said.
The approved settlement requires Microsoft to disclose some sensitive technology to its rivals months earlier than the company and the Justice Department had proposed.
Full details can be read here (http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/01/technology/microsoft_remedy/index.htm).
Microsoft may have lost numerous battles in this antitrust case that has spanned four years, but this court decision means they may have won the war ... that is, until the nine other states who did not accept the settlements decide to make an appeal.
I have a feeling it's not quite over yet...
Sources: CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/01/technology/microsoft_remedy/index.htm) & ZDNet (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-964278.html)