[cobalt-security] Microsoft and DOJ

[Paul Jacobs <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks bad for SUN and the other nine states that refused the settlement..
Anyone selling there box?

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MICROSOFT, DOJ, STATES FILE ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT

On Friday, Microsoft and the Justice Department filed a revised
settlement in the software giant's long-standing antitrust case.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=6b-8goZIHE8s-dlgI3YJnWj-ndnE6bD

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"By writing an opinion that the settlement is within the reaches of the 
public interest and that she was not convinced by the states' evidence, 
she's basically delivered an appeals-proof decision," said Bob Lande, an 
antitrust professor with the University of Baltimore Law School. "There's 
no way she is going to be overturned on appeal."

Hillard Sterling, an antitrust attorney with Much Shelist in Chicago, 
expressed a similar view.