FC: Politech photos: Microsoft hearing and settlement talks

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 19:59:33 PST

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    Photos from this afternoon:
    http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/microsoft-states-settle-nov01.html
    
    Summary of this afternoon's events:
    
    * DOJ said in court that they have no problems with the nine-state deal and 
    will not be a party to future litigation in this case.
    * Nine states (NY, Michigan, Ohio, NC, Kentucky, Louisana, Maryland, 
    Illinois, Wisconsin) have settled with Microsoft and agreed to a modified 
    version -- details to come -- of the DOJ's agreement inked last week.
    * Nine states and the District of Columbia are going to pursue the 
    litigation. There were some hints in and out of the courtroom today that 
    additional states currently in the pursue-Microsoft-through-the-courts 
    coalition may defect. Personally, I kinda liked the 
    fist-clenching-beat-up-Bill-Gates attitude exuded by Connecticut's top law 
    enforcement official:
    http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-14/richard-blumenthal.html
    
    News coverage:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47104-2001Nov6.html
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/technology/07SOFT.html
    
    Other recent photos on mccullagh.org (unrelated to Microsoft):
    http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/alcatraz-prison.html
    http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/sf-halloween-oct01.html
    http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/drag-race-oct01.html
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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