MS Antitrust over, judge orders 15 hail marys
Posted by Matthew on Saturday November 2, 2002 @09:14PM
from the Department-of-inJustice dept.
Matthew writes: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly decided not to impose togher penalties than those already negotiated by the U.S. Department of Justice against Microsoft, ordering only that Bill Gates repeat the Hail Mary holy rosary 15 times and “promise not to do it again.“
Microsoft Chairman and Cheif Software Architect Bill Gates pledged a personal commitment to abide by the judge’s instructions, which he called “a good compromise and good settlement.” He is expected to spend the weekend in prayerful meditation and penance before next week’s launch of the Tablet PC featuring a new and even more highly integrated version of Windows XP that modifies Microsoft Word and Excel to allow them to run better in the new form factor.
The Tablet PC also represents the first time that Microsoft will brand the computer hardware, cutting out other hardware manufacturers. “We like the Apple model of not having to put up with other people’s crap.” said CEO Steve Ballmer. “Frankly, I don’t know why we didn’t think of this before. I guess having this case finally settled has really opened up the creative flow.”