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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3715375.stm
posted by mmeiser at 2004-05-15 17:21

mmeiser: Microsoft loses anti-trust case in california for "over-charging consumers", lead lawyer for M$ states "Somebody ends up paying for this," said Microsoft attorney Robert Rosenfeld. "These large fee awards get passed on to consumers."
mmeiser: slashdot coverage
mmeiser: it's an obvious and thinly vailed threat, but isn't that a threat of extortion? perhaps these lawyers should just sue them again?
mmeiser: there is one issue I just really don't like here: the only direct winners are lawyers ($258 mil), the article does not give the total amount slated for consumers through vouchers and no money gets awarded to any actual companies hurt by M$ anti-competitive practices