Microsoft to give back $1.1 BILLION to California

[ironguy]

SO I'm due a few bucks. Anywhere between 5 and 29. OOOOHHHHHH!

Let's see, 4 different versions of Windows, Office, Publisher, Money (2), etc, and all I get is barely enough for dinner...eithe MacDs or something a little nicer. Here's a link to the story.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030112/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement_11

[Steven Cedrone]

SO I'm due a few bucks. Anywhere between 5 and 29. OOOOHHHHHH!

Let's see, 4 different versions of Windows, Office, Publisher, Money (2), etc, and all I get is barely enough for dinner...eithe MacDs or something a little nicer. Here's a link to the story.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030112/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement_11

And I'm sure that's not even a dent in the interest Microsoft made off of their working capitol since the case when to trial...

Steve

[Pony99CA]

SO I'm due a few bucks. Anywhere between 5 and 29. OOOOHHHHHH!

Let's see, 4 different versions of Windows, Office, Publisher, Money (2), etc, and all I get is barely enough for dinner...eithe MacDs or something a little nicer. Here's a link to the story.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030112/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement_11

Don't count on that dinner, though.


Under the agreement announced Friday night, proceeds of the settlement will be distributed in the form of vouchers redeemable for computers and software products.

You'll get vouchers for (presumably) Microsoft products.

Steve

P.S. Please don't post long links "naked". The board software doesn't wrap them, and it resets the margins for the whole page, forcing horizontal scrolling. Use the URL tags, like this:


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Yahoo news story
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Yahoo news story
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See how much nicer that is? :-)

[ironguy]

I was just so excited about getting a story out that I neglected proper protocols. Next time fer sure!

[ECOslin]

Things to do on Monday:

1) change my name to California.
2) call Bill and check on my check.

Edward

[Pony99CA]

Under the agreement announced Friday night, proceeds of the settlement will be distributed in the form of vouchers redeemable for computers and software products.

You'll get vouchers for (presumably) Microsoft products.

Apparently, I guessed incorrectly. Another story I read about this said the vouchers would be good for any hardware and software. I wonder how they'll do this. Will it be like a coupon that a retailer sends to Microsoft, or more like a rebate?

Steve

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Things to do on Monday:

1) change my name to California.

LOL! Let me know if that works!

[Fzara]

"Similar antitrust class-action lawsuits have been filed in 16 other states. "

Bahahahahahaha. 16 other states. I wonder if they'll all fly like the one in Cali.

Economics-money taken from the greedy, and put back into the hands of the consumers....TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE GREEDY!

Microsoft..what were you thinking? Vouchers? Yeahh, thats just not one of your crazy, dynamic business plans, ehh?