[IP] false cost of operating system diversity prevention

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:50:35 -0400
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> Microsoft to Pay $23M in Settlement
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> 6 September 2003, 12:42pm ET
> By HELEN JUNG AP Business Writer
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> SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. agreed Friday to pay $23.3 million to Be 
> Inc. to settle an antitrust lawsuit that claimed the software giant 
> negotiated deals with computer makers that cut out the smaller company's 
> competing operating system.
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> Microsoft admits no wrongdoing under the settlement. The company did not 
> disclose further details.
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> The lawsuit, filed in February 2002, is one of four private antitrust 
> suits brought against Microsoft after a federal judge's ruling that 
> Microsoft had acted as an illegal monopoly based on its dominance in 
> desktop operating systems.
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> http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=35597618

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