An interesting, less comprehensive, totally biased, yet still informative, summary is available at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/22684.html Bob. On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:17:14 -0700 (MST) Rusty Carruth wrote: > >>>>> Thus spake > > Monday 28th (5 days time) is the deadline for public comment on the proposed > US vs. Microsoft settlement. > > Sources indicate that current feedback is significantly pro-Microsoft, and > concerns have been raised that interested parties have lobbied their > employees to respond in support of the proposed settlement, whereas > grass-roots & individuals have not been as organised. > > If you have any concerns that the proposed settlement is either ineffectual > or overreaching, you should send an email TODAY with a subject such as > 'Microsoft Settlement', to: > > microsoft.atr@usdoj.gov > > Additionally, you might want to print it off and mail it TONIGHT to: > > Renata B. Hesse > Antitrust Division > U.S. Department of Justice > 601 D Street NW > Suite 1200 > Washington, DC 20530-0001 > > The proposed settlement itself is here: > http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms-settle.htm > > A fairly comprehensive examination of the settlement's shortfalls is at: > http://www.kegel.com/remedy/remedy2.html > > I have read many documents about this, but have yet to find a similar > analysis of the settlement which counter-argues that it punishes or > restricts Microsoft too much. ... > > << End forwarded message > > rc > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Robert A. Klahn rklahn@acm.org AIM: rklahn Yahoo Messenger: klahn IRC: rklahn@irc.openprojects.net "Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to struggle to create things as they should be." - St. Augustine