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Microsoft's Appealing (12/15/97)
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Despite their public contention that Judge Jackson's preliminary injunction (which temporarily prohibits them from forcing Wintel manufacturers to install Internet Explorer on all Windows 95 machines) doesn't worry them, Microsoft is appealing Jackson's injunction on the grounds that it "improperly expands the scope" of the Justice Department's antitrust action. Microsoft's argument is that if the judge rejected the DoJ's $1 million-a-day contempt request (which he did), the case should have ended there-- he had no right, they say, to issue the preliminary injunction.

According to thessaSOURCE, Microsoft additionally says that the injunction sets "a dangerous precedent" that lets the government interfere with product design. AtAT admits that it's beyond us how not letting Microsoft require the bundling of IE represents a threat to the American way (since manufacturers are still free to ship IE if they want to-- and, since Microsoft claims that's what the customers want, they should have nothing to worry about), but that's just us.

In conclusion, never let it be said that AtAT claims Microsoft has never had appeal.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/15/97 episode:

December 15, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

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  • 273: Winblows is Live (12/15/97)   Remember www.microsnot.com? They may have been dethroned as the king of all Microsoft parody sites by www.winblows.com. Although this site is really just a great big ad for Palladium's upcoming CD-ROM-based parody called Microshaft Winblows 98, it's still a fun little romp...

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