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Millions May be Eligible for Microsoft Refund Anti-Cartel Lawyers who Joined Forces to Fight Price Fixing Worldwide will File Suit on Behalf of non-US Windows Customers

by Greg Palast
June 6, 2000

and Clare Dyer for The Guardian UK
Millions of Britons could be in line for a refund if it is proved that they paid inflated prices for Microsoft’s all-pervasive software, ready installed in most computers on sale.
Next Monday 16 leading US law firms will file the billion pound suit on behalf of hundreds of millions of people who bought Microsoft Windows and programs outside the US.

Gates' Clear Road to the Future

by Greg Palast
November 14, 1999

For The Observer/Guardian UK
It was computer Kristallnacht, the sound of Windows shattered by marauding government bureaucrats.
All good, responsible news outlets announced that Judge Penfield Jackson’s judgment of Microsoft meant that Bill Gates’ corporate corpus would be torn limb from limb.

Gates on the Ropes Microsoft will be Forced Back to the Negotiating Table after US Judge Rules that Software Giant 'Harmed Consumers'

by Greg Palast
November 7, 1999

By Ed Vulliamy in Seattle, Emily Bell and Jamie Doward for The Observer/Guardian UK
It’s official. Microsoft is a monopoly. But those hoping to see the break-up of Bill Gates’s empire are likely to be disappointed. The 207-page judgment delivered by US district court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson on Friday found in favor of the US Justice Department’s anti-trust team, lead by Joel Klein.

Consumers set for Payout in Microsoft Case

by Greg Palast
August 15, 1999

For The Observer/Guardian UK
All British users of Windows software – and that’s almost everyone with a PC – could be in for a payment from Microsoft as a result of the US government’s case against it for monopolising the market for operating systems.

Seattle's Bullyboy wins out again

by Greg Palast
August 15, 1999

For The Observer/Guardian UK
Britain had to go to war to force China to buy opium. But the USA hasn’t had to fire a single bullet to make the world surrender to our Disk Operating System.

Microsoft

Millions May be Eligible for Microsoft Refund Anti-Cartel Lawyers who Joined Forces to Fight Price Fixing Worldwide will File Suit on Behalf of non-US Windows Customers

Gates' Clear Road to the Future

Gates on the Ropes Microsoft will be Forced Back to the Negotiating Table after US Judge Rules that Software Giant 'Harmed Consumers'

Consumers set for Payout in Microsoft Case

Seattle's Bullyboy wins out again

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