The state attorneys general still pursuing the antitrust case against Microsoft have asked a federal judge to force the company to show them the inner workings of the Windows operating system. In a bid to pry open one of the worlds most valuable pieces of intellectual property, the states argued they need to see the Windows source code in order to verify Microsofts claim that it is not technically feasible for the company to offer a stripped-down version of the operating system. "Microsoft cannot base its defense on the design of its source code and simultaneously deny the litigating states the opportunity to test those arguments by interrogating the code," the states said in their filing.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-836421.html
Popular Posts
-
Lots of funny stuff today. Tim, check this one. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3
-
Very dry, dull book with some basic financial info like ROI and cash flow. Not a lot here.
-
I've learned a great many things over the past month... "friends" at work are not neccessarily friends, people you thought wer...
-
The probes findings have provided a few salient new notions about the nature of cosmic reality. For starters, the universe is 13.7 billion y...
-
Brad Dalton is the first to admit his theory is far-fetched: that bacteria could account for odd light emissions, as well as the reddish hue...
-
Good acting, great writing, but ultimately falls flat due to it's inner pretentiousness and consequence-free portrayal of teen pregnancy...
-
In a mine in California, scientists found the smallest bacteria so far discovered -- living in conditions as acidic as battery acid. Why thi...
-
Not a bad audio book, but I expected more. Big ideas: Build a high performance, high-trust culture; Identify desired results and un...
-
Increasingly, the overstretched and overburdened have a new answer to work lives of gunning harder for what seems like less and less: Dont j...
