Slashdot: MS: Settlement: Six States (And Samba) Say "Stop!"

[Warren Togami]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/06/192235&mode=thread
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1640000/1640869.stm

"The BBC is reporting that because 6 states have refused to agree to the
settlement between Microsoft and the DOJ, Microsoft is conceeding that a
settlement adjustment will not be possible, opening the door for Judge
Kollar-Kotelly to begin rapid remedy hearings. There is a slim chance that
negotiations might happen before the end of business today (Tuesday) that
will allow the settlement to go after several refinements over the last few
nights, but few expect any success. While Judge Kollar-Kotelly is promising
to resolve the issue as fast as possible, legal experts are projecting a
drawn out battle, with the additional time no longer on Microsoft's side. No
word on which states were on which side, beyond MA being very much against
the settlement and IL being for it."
......

"Jeremy Allison and Andrew Tridgell of the Samba team have posted a brief
analysis of what the current settlement proposal would mean to that project.
Considering that Samba is one of the most important links between open and
closed software, it's worth mulling over."

Samba's Analysis of the settlement
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-11-06-005-20-OP-MS