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Thursday, November 1, 2001

Report: DoJ/MS Agreement -- 9:43 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The AP is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft have reached an agreement on settling their court case. No specific details have the agreement were announced, but here are a few rumors floating about:

Letting Microsoft add new features into its flagship Windows software, but requiring the company also to offer a version that doesn't include those additions.
Banning restrictive contracts that would force computer makers to buy versions of Windows with new features, but allowing financial incentives such as discounts to make those versions more enticing.
Forcing Microsoft to reveal parts of its Windows blueprints relating to its Internet browser software, but not the blueprints to Windows.

We'll see what comes of this. Thanks Slashdot.

J.t.Qbe comments: This morning there's a lot of howling that this is a sellout by the DoJ. Let's wait and see. It doesn't look promising, but who knows? With the new restrictiveness of XP and M$'s new licensing schemes, with the impending failure of .NET, maybe Microsoft doesn't need the government to kill it. It's funny, though--Microsoft and others really believe that turning M$ loose will boost the economy. Sure.

Meantime, yesterday it was reported that Amazon saved $17 million by switching to Linux instead of Microsoft. Microsoft whined about the "hidden costs" of going to free software but as usual couldn't explain them. R.I.P. Microsoft.

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