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That's the point of the appeal
The issue is that the Consent Decree does not actually do anything to rememdy the situation as it exists in the market today.

Microsoft has and retains a monopoly in the desktop OS market. Some steps have been made in requiring uniform OEM licensing but MS is already finding loopholes around that. The "Set Program Access and Defaults" solution is a practical no go and we're seeing that new MS services are ignoring it as well. (Read about their music service offerring.)

If you read the trial transcripts and data from the Findings of Fact you'll see such interesting points as the fact that MS was willing to cut off the then #1 OEM PC seller in order to promote IE over Netscape and the fact that a frustrated HP engineer wrote MS saying that if they had had any alternative then they wouldn't buy Windows.
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Let's watch and see who is right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/03
M$ bribes again!  screaming silence | 11/04/03
how about...  pschroeder@... | 11/04/03
I prefer...  John Le'Brecage | 11/04/03
do you  Ardian Daka | 11/05/03
screaming ignorance NT  vdraken | 11/04/03
Proof Please?  rapson | 11/04/03
Proof ?  NT Admin | 11/05/03
Does only one side need proof?  rapson | 11/05/03
All I can say is wow.....  Heatlesssun | 11/04/03
That's the point of the appeal  Robert Crocker | 11/04/03
You understand the problem - here's my remedy.  Fred Fredrickson | 11/04/03
Somebody is doing something about competition...  mlindl | 11/04/03
Linux needs its own OEMs  Ardian Daka | 11/05/03
You are blind if you can't see!  DarbyOhara | 11/04/03
Yes its corrupt.  vdraken | 11/04/03
Proof please?  John Le'Brecage | 11/04/03
I thought proof wasn't required  rapson | 11/04/03
you require no proof, you believe everything m$ ever said  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
Proof  richhayes | 11/10/03
Proof?  Ardian Daka | 11/05/03
Re: Yes its corrupt  Martin Marvinski | 11/04/03
Check your facts, vdraken  mlindl | 11/04/03
Wrong date  Ardian Daka | 11/05/03
Sour Grapes is not PROOF. Try again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/03
I think judges right  lmaxwell | 11/04/03
Maybe but there is a flaw in your logic....  mlindl | 11/04/03
Appeals to the Appeals to appeal the appeals  FilledOut | 11/05/03
The system is broken  interlocutor | 11/05/03
Well for you anyhow..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/03

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