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Subject: (ai) Do the Right Thing
From: Robert Bushman <bob@traxel.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:02:20 -0500 (EST)
To: News Subsystem <news@traxel.com>, <ai@traxel.com>

The Tunney Act gives us the right to comment
on the Microsoft settlement. Please do so.
Send an email.

http://www.codeweavers.com/~jwhite/tunney.html

It doesn't have to be long:

"I do not support the proposed settlement
because I do not think it provides sufficient
punishment to balance Microsoft's offenses,
nor sufficient incentive to prevent them from
doing the same in the future. Furthermore, the
idea of punishing a monopoly by requiring them
to extend their monopoly into the US educational
system is incomprehensible."

or even if you are in favour:

"I support the proposed settlement because
while it is not fair to anyone but Microsoft,
I think Bill Gates should be encouraged to
continue to steal from the citizens and
corporations of the world."

  p

In reply to US Justice Dept requests comment on MS settlement by petral

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