Looks to much like a payoff..NT
crocd | 11/24/04
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Considering...
rapson | 11/24/04
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Why yes, it is a payoff
Physco Dude | 11/24/04
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And, it should not affect the EU case either.
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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Wanna bet?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
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Payoff vs. settlement
Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 11/25/04
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Let me clarify
Physco Dude | 11/26/04
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We gotta stop this people ...
Ludovit | 11/24/04
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Stop what?
rg807 | 11/24/04
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True, it is very tempting for individual companies to settle.;
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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Well duh? Why does anyone file a suit?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
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Well duh? They also withdrew from the case.
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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Yws, for money. You know the reason they filed the suit.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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It is not always about money, you can also prohibit business practices
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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You said it, they took the money and ran.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Yes, and also Microsofts choice to shell out half a billion.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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You just don't understand the words LAW SUIT do you?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Man, you can try to put lipstick on this pig.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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No_Ax, are you trying to impress someone?
B.O.F.H. | 11/25/04
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Well, you don't have to be an IT analyst
FilledOut | 11/24/04
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Yep, and Microsoft right in the middle of it too.
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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So your saying NO ONE should settle out of court?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
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Nope, but Monopolies buying their way out of legal problems . . . .
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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What we pale face?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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We is just about everybody in tech. We want to know the REAL story.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Everybody in tech. Buwahahahaha
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Maybe you, Billy, and Stevie would like to sweep this under the rug.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Nothing to sweep, that would be up to the board.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Man, they paid 20 million for nothing, this has an odor.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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DId you see that written somewhere
FilledOut | 11/24/04
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Man, it take two to tango, there is more to it than that.
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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If you know there is more to it. Show us!
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/24/04
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It is probably perfectly legal, but they are far from inocent bystanders.
DonnieBoy | 11/24/04
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How?
rapson | 11/24/04
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Man, this just looks really bad, it looks like a payoff.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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You're right, it would.
rapson | 11/26/04
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You made the silly claim, lets see you prove it.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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So you are saying this does not look bad???
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Not a bit... You would complain if MS didn't settle.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Ok, so we agree, this looks bad for Microsoft.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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We do anything BUT agree, you are simply wrong.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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There you go again, trying to put lipstick on a PIG.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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It was only a lousy $10 million, this was really nothing!
B.O.F.H. | 11/25/04
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Why the personal attack? Can spin the story enough?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Man, you are such an easy target, you say stupid things.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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And you have another word for a payoff or bribe?
B.O.F.H. | 11/25/04
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Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
voska | 11/25/04
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Difference between settling with a corporation and an individual
AbsolutelyNot | 11/26/04
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It appears that Microsoft wanted to make sure this guy stayed put.
DonnieBoy | 11/27/04
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Diva, then investigate the board that approved it.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/04
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You folks approach this like a bunch of amateurs
rock06r | 11/24/04
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Sniff . . . Sniff . . . Something Stinks in Redmond (nt)
Plain Logic | 11/24/04
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Apparently this payoff didn?t sit well with everyone.
B.O.F.H. | 11/24/04
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Tough cookies for them.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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EU ruling on Microsoft due in mid-December
B.O.F.H. | 11/25/04
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A Christmas present for MS?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Microsoft should dictate all settlement terms and spending.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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No, but when they throw money around to shut people up, people will talk.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Once more for the slow ones. MS was sued.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Once more for the slow ones, MS paid off a critic, it wasn't packet change
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Half wit? Is your mother here?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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So if this tiny minority does not matter, why the big payoffs??????
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Perhaps
rapson | 11/26/04
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Yes, you can't blame the companies for taking the money!!
DonnieBoy | 11/27/04
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Isn't this article about how the CCIA board dealt
FilledOut | 11/25/04
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And the problem for MS, they were right in the middle of it.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Umm, clue. The DEFENDANT is ALWAYS in the middle of it.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Ok, this was NOT an involuntary action of a convicted monopoly.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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If you are sued, it is INVOLUNTARY.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/04
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YOu are exactly right, just beyond the ability of some...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/25/04
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Man, convicted monopolies paying off critics looks bad.
DonnieBoy | 11/25/04
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Payoff's do not go through a court.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/04
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sounds like softmoney
JasonL31 | 11/29/04
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one person got half the settlement?
JasonL31 | 11/25/04
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Or one person was a maojor concern to Microsoft.
B.O.F.H. | 11/26/04
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Where's my money...
gtdworak | 11/29/04
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