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Isn't this what Judge Jackson feared?
As I remember back to Judge Jackson's findings/rulings he said the reason he wanted MS broken up was that the process of monitoring MS for compliance to ANY settlement would be a massive task and that MS would do all they could to meet comliance demands at the most minimal level. Don't get me wrong, any company or person in this situation would do the same. (As an example everyone does all they can to minimize their tax load. Or how someone sentenced to community service isn't in a cooporative frame of mind.)

Of course the differnece here is MS has money and lawyers to play the game endlessly and to barter of the meaning of words. (Isn't that what a lawyer really is?) The courts simply do not have those resources.

I hate to say it but it is really looking as if Judge Jackson was right on this one. Enforcing compliance is becoming a huge task and I wonder how many hours a day Judge KK spends going over and over the information being given by both sides.

Perhaps it is time for the courts to revisit the break up order? After all, it WILL solve ALL the issues and MS has been given a chance to demonstrate their willingness to change. As in they aren't at all willing...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 02/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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M$ being dragged kicking and screaming to the principals office...  Nix_0S_Fan | 02/14/06
Did anyone not see t his coming? (nt)  xshakes | 02/14/06
Odd - sounds like what the EU are complaining about.  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
If the USDOJ was only greared to justice  ajv123 | 02/15/06
So, since when does on-going development take precedence over compliance  DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
Wait DB. You yourself have always said...  John Zern | 02/14/06
Good point!  Still Lynn | 02/15/06
m$ should have been split  Linux Geek | 02/14/06
"split in 10 divisions" Something Like Linux...  John Zern | 02/14/06
Not the same  thunderdome1 | 02/23/06
MS should have split itself into 3 logical units  Boot_Agnostic | 02/14/06
Huh  b.d.hi | 02/15/06
Oh  Boot_Agnostic | 02/15/06
m$ should have been split  ajv123 | 02/15/06
Isn't this what Judge Jackson feared?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
No Axe - Someone's Got Your Login and is Using it...  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
Is it possible to compete "fairly"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Yes  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
I disagree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
in other words ...  An_Axe_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Delusional? No, arrogant, deffinately.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Not disagree, disbelieve  Still Lynn | 02/15/06
I remember benign companies.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
True enough.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
SMB  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
Hear, hear!  Linux User 147560 | 02/15/06
well I think you have a point there.  hipparchus2001 | 02/14/06
Subtle Difference in Anti-Trust...  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
I disagree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
No no no no no.... let me try again using your analogy  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
Thanks for an elegant response  Roger Ramjet | 02/15/06
No no no no no.... let me try again using your analogy  ajv123 | 02/15/06
This analogy flawed too  StorageGuru | 02/15/06
Yeah. Just Like AT&T had to....  John Zern | 02/14/06
No, AT&T did themselves in...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
... by agreeing to be broken.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
Yeah, but  nomorems | 02/14/06
there is fair and unfair  toxicfreak | 02/14/06
Amen  nucrash | 02/14/06
I think they'll eventually be broken anyway ...  George Mitchell | 02/14/06
You make an excellent point...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Of course it's not doing much for the tax payer.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
So Important They Blow off the Governor  mighetto | 02/14/06
Governors come, Governors go....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Battalions of lawyers.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
Wow! is this really No_Ax?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 02/14/06
So next time...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
angry at M$  wrench_ninja | 02/15/06
OMG!  nomorems | 02/14/06
Not one decent post here  csa0307 | 02/14/06
lol  Jack-Booted EULA | 02/14/06
No_Axe_To_Grind is Often Pro-Microsoft...  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
Not true at all...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Gov & Monopolies  jalstadt@... | 11/21/06
monopolies ???  Update victim | 03/08/07
Terrible Juxtaposition of Titles (nt)  BanjoPaterson | 02/14/06
They tried, but they need the Windows code first  John Zern | 02/14/06
John  Linux User 147560 | 02/15/06
Almost funny - almost  Fred Fredrickson | 02/15/06
If you can't debate them ...call them names.  ajv123 | 02/15/06
Even MS uses open-source  thunderdome1 | 02/23/06
right on  jing75 | 08/31/06
Pure Jealousy  tekspek1 | 02/14/06
Microsoft no longer an American Company  mighetto | 02/14/06
Microsoft is a US secret weapon.  ajv123 | 02/15/06
Power!  ajv123 | 02/15/06
You Misinterpret  tekspek1 | 02/15/06
Then rule and penalize and stop being justice as usual  Boot_Agnostic | 02/14/06
The judge can't...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
The EU will sanction ALL US Corportations  mighetto | 02/14/06
I hear they'll responsible for the Katrina and...  John Zern | 02/14/06
Dweeby John Zern  nomorems | 02/14/06
and Microsoft needs the business and Uncle Sam needs the access.  ajv123 | 02/15/06
I knew it would happen, you blew the last working  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
You don't get it. They are the US govenment.  ajv123 | 02/15/06
Obviously I didn't post something  Boot_Agnostic | 02/15/06
She CAN demand compliance and issue penalties for non-compliance (NT)  Update victim | 02/15/06
Why bother?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
True..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Personally I think investors would be well served by a break up  hipparchus2001 | 02/14/06
Those are all existing products.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
I don't think the company has changed its mind., indeed!  ajv123 | 02/15/06
New OS name...  Nix_0S_Fan | 02/14/06
Dear Judge Kollar-Kotelly  Update victim | 02/15/06
alas..  5th Limb in the Kisser | 02/15/06
Microsoft is like a starfish  osreinstall | 02/16/06
poor Microsoft  migtex2 | 02/16/06
poor Microsoft  migtex2 | 02/16/06
Not about being successful  thunderdome1 | 02/23/06
A lot of people are down on Walmart  Boot_Agnostic | 02/24/06
Microsoft Anti-trust bullcrap  jing75 | 08/31/06
Disagree  jalstadt@... | 11/21/06
Source Code ?  Update victim | 03/08/07

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