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Microsoft will not be broken up. What does everyone think?
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Bollocks.
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It won't matter as it can be appealed and there are three motions they can file to hold off the Break-Up And/Or they can simple ignore the order to break-up

Why?
Because thats another 2-3 Years Of Trail while they file charages and take them through Court


If Micrsoft Wants they can drag this out Easily for a minium of seven years, possible as long as twenty

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FireNexus wrote:Microsoft will not be broken up. What does everyone think?
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well, that sucks.

I didn't expect the states to get everything they wanted, but (after following the case), I did expect the final judgement to be somewhere between the what teh states' wanted and the "settlement".

I got $20 that says they'll be back in court in 5 years to redo this whole thing AGAIN. MS doesn't play nice with competition.
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You know what would be the height of irony?

If Apple started funding the opposition. That would be so rich for so many reasons...
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I heard yesterday that the next version of Office will be designed to NOT work on Windows 98 or NT. Windows 2000 will require a patch. XP will not.

I think that sucks and I make a living because of them. But I wonder if it will push people to something like Open Office.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Bollocks.
I'm curious as to what you mean by that.
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Post by Crown »

Bollocks = Damn

or

Bollocks = Bulls nuts.

So you may use it for damn, and as an insult at the same time. A very usefull word.

Err I think that's right.
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No surprise to me that they would not be broken up...
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