[CLUE-Tech] .net - Can you say Class Action Lawsuit!

[Brandon N]

Why exactly would the US Justice Department care about a UK goverment
website?  


--- Cyberclops <Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned M$ is guily until they prove themselves 
> innocent.  However, a law suit is not likely to be fruitful, but a
> club 
> complaint to the Justice Department may be in order and actually do
> some 
> good.  The bottom line is that this is just one more example of M$ 
> abusing its monopoly postition.  And, I for one don't like it.
> 
> Brandon N wrote:
> 
> > We should probably do a lot more research before we jump in to
> > something.  What exactly are the grounds for a lawsuit, and does
> the
> > fact that it's a UK website make a difference, and did MS make the
> > website, or just the software behind it. Are there any technical
> > reasons for not giving access to linux?
> > 
> > Brandon
> > --- Cyberclops <Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Jeffery Cann's wife is an attorney.  Let's get the ball rolling.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Richard Knechtel wrote:
> >> 
> >>> There is a simple solution :^)  Bring a class action lawsuit
> >> 
> >> against 
> >> 
> >>> M$ by ALL Linux users. however many millions there are. I am sure
> >> 
> >> you 
> >> 
> >>> could find some attorney that wouod take it on if nothing else
> for
> >> 
> >> the 
> >> 
> >>> big $$$$ he might be able to get out of it. :^)
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> At 06:52 AM 7/8/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Opera reports itself as IE 5, but it doesn't work at this site. 
> I
> >>> 
> >>>> don't care about accessing the site, but I do care about M$
> >>> 
> >> bumping 
> >> 
> >>>> off Linux.  I find it highly unethical, and I sincerely feel the
> 
> >>>> weight of the club should be brought to bear on M$.  We use
> Linux,
> >>> 
> >>>> but we need to do more than that,  When we see abusive dishonest
> 
> >>>> unethical practices by a convicted monopolist, we need to report
> 
> >>>> their continued wrong doing to authorities that might be able to
> 
> >>>> bring more pressure on M$ to act responsibly.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Brandon N wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> The reason you can't go farther is that anonymizer disables
> >>>> 
> >> javascript.
> >> 
> >>>>> isn't there one of the browsers that will let you forge all the
> >>>>> headers, including OS type?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Brandon
> >>>>> --- Cyberclops 
> >>>>> <mailto:Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com><Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com>
> >>>> 
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>>>> Can you get passed the first page?  I just tried you method
> and
> >>>>> 
> >> it
> >> 
> >>>>>> let
> >>>>>> me see the first page, but nothing more.  M$ is really a big
> >>>>> 
> >> bunch of
> >> 
> >>>>>> $OBs in my opinion.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Brandon N wrote:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I can't access it on a Sun box using netscape, but I can pull
> >>>>>> 
> >> it up
> >> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> by
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> going to <http://www.anonymizer.com>www.anonymizer.com first.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Brandon
> >>>>>>> --- Cyberclops 
> >>>>>>> <mailto:Cyberclops at techangle.com><Cyberclops at techangle.com>
> >>>>>> 
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>>>>>> Can anybody access this website using Linux?  It's a UK
> >>>>>>> 
> >> government
> >> 
> >>>>>>>> site.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> <http://www.gateway.gov.uk/>http://www.gateway.gov.uk/
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> People say the site was buit by M$.
> >>>>>>>> ___________!
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