From the Dark Side--Judge Awards Bristol $1 Million in Punitive Damages from Microsoft
according to this TechWeb article. Bristol won its suit for Microsoft's failure to provide Windows NT source code to Bristol. Bristol makes software that allows Windows programs to run on Unix. The jury awarded only $1 and the judge is still considering $6 million in attorney's fees. [Dana Baggett] Well, is Microsoft at it again? There is an 8/31 report on MacWindows that Windows ME will not install on VirtualPC. [A workaround is described in the 9/1 edition.]
-- TGIF, September 1 --
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