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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu
  • Subject: Ashcroft ordered MS settlement?
  • Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:38:19 -0500


People have suspected something funny was going on with the MS settlement, and are looking for evidence that it was ordered from above. I thought it was very strange that the day that Sun announced their lawsuit, the Justice Dept. talked to the press giving their opinion that they "hadn't proved their case regarding Java" in the antitrust trial, despite that part of the original trial being upheld on appeal.

In any event, here's some nice hearsay from the Washington Post, complete with the usual official denials:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39205-2002Mar16.html

"U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft wanted to settle the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case to allow the government 'to focus on other things,' according to an e-mail [...] The e-mail went on to say that the Commerce Department told him the settlement deal 'would be a broad range market stimulus as well.'"

"Microsoft contributed $2.1 million during the 2000 election cycle, 60 percent of that to Republican Party organizations. The company contributed $10,000 to Ashcroft's failed Senate campaign in Missouri in 2000."




  • Ashcroft ordered MS settlement?, Michael Czeiszperger, 03/19/2002

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