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Thread ID: 33190 2003-05-10 01:29:00 A $2.2 trillion fine E.ric (351) Press F1
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142787 2003-05-10 01:29:00 theregister.co.uk only one company would have that money :) E.ric (351)
142788 2003-05-10 01:40:00 I hope they do get a $2.2 trillion fine!
That will teach them mahahahaha :D :p
stu140103 (137)
142789 2003-05-10 02:23:00 > I hope they do get a $2.2 trillion fine!
> That will teach them mahahahaha :D :p

Hmm... It's called the "Money-go-round" Stu
Microsoft gets fined $2.2 Trillion - > Microsoft has to make $2.2 Trillion - > Prices for Microsoft Windows and Office go up - > Consumer has to pay more - > Microsoft Breaks Even
Common sense...
It's happened before and it will happen again - History will just go on repeating itself.

It could also go the other way...
Microsoft needs to make money - what better way then to take down Hotmail Storage to 1MB and then charge for the extra storage?


CyberChuck
cyberchuck (173)
142790 2003-05-10 02:27:00 Question is, what does E.ric and Thomas get out of it? Thomas (1820)
142791 2003-05-10 02:34:00 Only a looney would think that anyone would get fined 2 trillion. Sheesh, by the time it goes through all the Supreme court processes MS will be lucky to even pay a fine.

The only thing trillion on the internet is the messenging program.

I wouldn't be surprised if the web page posted is a hoax anyway.
Baldy (26)
142792 2003-05-10 04:46:00 i thought i would be the one to find out if its a hoax or not...so i went to the very reliable cnn.com for us news...and the result is..........
ITS NOT A HOAX...
for bedtime reading..go here www.cnn.com

i cant work out how to make it a direct link etc..so yeah
csinclair83 (200)
142793 2003-05-10 05:27:00 > I wouldn't be surprised if the web page posted is a
> hoax anyway.

It's most certainly not. The Register is a great, reliable news source.
segfault (655)
142794 2003-05-10 06:04:00 it says something about being sued for 11.000 per user...does that mean we get the money :D lol would be nice since i got 4 hotmail addresses
wouldnt we be rich lol

but hmmm serious threat there...
csinclair83 (200)
142795 2003-05-10 06:25:00 > > I wouldn't be surprised if the web page posted is
> a
> > hoax anyway .
>
> It's most certainly not . The Register is a great,
> reliable news source .
>

Yes, I might not of posted the head lines, if it did not come from "The Register" or CNN, BBC or . . . . . type web site .

The only misleading thing is "$2 . 2 trillion" without looking it up could be worth our $4 . 4 Billion .
E.ric (351)
142796 2003-05-10 07:03:00 Ummm when was the last time Microsoft was seriously penalised for any of their wrongdoings as a monopoly....

Someone will get out the corporate wet bus ticket, give them a jolly good slap and be done with it.

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