[thechat] MS-DOJ settlement?

[Judah McAuley]

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the proposed MS-DOJ 
settlement?  It seems like not even a wrist slap to me.  I understand that 
the Ashcroft DOJ is more pro-business than previous administrations and I 
also understand that they are busy focusing on other matters at hand.  But 
it seems to me that a company that flouts previous judicial orders and is 
found to be abusing an illegal monopoly should be required to show *some* 
contriteness and be required to reform its ways.

And this settlement doesn't seem to accomplish much of anything.  Maybe the 
government thinks they have to settle this to improve the economy.  I don't 
know, but it doesn't feel right to me.

Might want to take a look at this article:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011105/tc/ms_settlement_reads_like_a_fairy_tale_1.html 
(watch the wrap)

Seems pretty balanced.

Judah