[wordup] DOJ releases public comments on MS deal: All 47 of them

[Adam Shand]

I was pleased to see Nader and the KDE League were considered "worthy",
both seemed to have fairly sensible points of view (though I'm obviously
biased).  

One interesting thing I learned was that there is a "Center for the
Moral Defense of Capitalism".  Wow.  Who would ever had thought that
captitalism needed a moral defense?  Further who the hell would want to
defend it :-)

I particularly "liked" this ...

 "... Specifically, we seek to apply Ayn Rand's philosophy of
  Objectivism to the understanding of human action and human
  relationships.

  ...

 "Our organization has followed the Microsoft antitrust case from its
 initial filing-we have opposed the case from the outset, seeing it as
 an abridgement of the freedom of production and trade and an
 interference with the right to acquire and possess property."

Hmm ... the "right to aquire and posses property".  Yummy nothing like
moralizing the right to consume.  I'll have two please. 

Adam.


Via: politech at politechbot.com

Out of over 30,000 public comments received relating to the Microsoft
antitrust case, the Department of Justice has deemed just 47 worthy of
serious consideration. Those 47 comments are now online.

Previous Politech message:
 
 "DOJ MS comments include porn, spam, rants, little of substance"
 http://www.politechbot.com/p-03123.html

-Declan

From: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms-major.htm

   
                              Comments on the
                   United States v. Microsoft Settlement
                 Provided to the Court on February 14, 2002
                                      
   On February 14, 2002, the Department of Justice made available to the
   U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 47 comments received
   during the 60-day public comment period relating to the revised
   proposed Final Judgment. These comments represent the comments
   characterized as "major" in the Joint Status Report submitted to the
   Court on February 8, 2002.
   
   This page provides links to each of the 47 comments provided to the
   Court on February 14, 2002. The comments are listed in alphabetical
   order by the name of the person or entity submitting the comment.
     _________________________________________________________________
   
     * Mark Alexander
     * The American Antitrust Institute
     * Association for Competitive Technology (ACT)
     * AOL Time Warner
     * Joseph L. Bast
     * John A. Carroll
     * Catavault
     * Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism
     * Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
     * Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
     * Consumer Federation of America, et al.
     * Consumers for Computing Choice and Open Platform Working Group
     * Nicholas S. Economides
     * Einer Elhauge
     * John Giannandrea
     * Jonathan Gifford
     * Jeffrey E. Harris
     * Rebecca Henderson
     * Paul Johnson
     * KDE League, Inc.
     * Dan Kegel
     * The Honorable Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator
     * Robert E. Litan, Roger D. Noll, and William D. Nordhaus
     * Litigating States (California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas,
       Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah, West Virginia, and the District of
       Columbia)
     * Daniel Maddux
     * Eben Moglen
     * Ralph Nader and James Love
     * NetAction and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
     * The New York Times
     * Novell, Inc.
     * Palm, Inc.
     * Ramon G. Pantin
     * The Progress & Freedom Foundation
     * Project to Promote Competition & Innovation in the Digital Age
       (ProCOMP)
     * RealNetworks, Inc.
     * Red Hat, Inc.
     * Relpromax Antitrust Inc.
     * SBC Communications Inc.
     * Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)
     * Sony Corporation
     * Sun Microsystems, Inc.
     * The Telecommunications Research and Action Center, National Black
       Chamber of Commerce, and National Native Americans Chamber of
       Commerce
     * Mason Thomas
     * The Honorable John V. Tunney, former U.S. Senator
     * U.S. Senate
     * Steven Waldman
     * Washington Legal Foundation



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