From the Dark Side -- Nine States Filed Penalty Petition in M$ Antitrust Trial

on Friday. They basically requested making Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Windows source code available as penalties for not complying with the settlement agreement according to this CNet article. They also asked for a Windows version stripped of all add-in software, making Office available in other OSs like Linux and the inclusion of standard Sun Java in Windows XP. Microsoft will reply next Wednesday.

In an allied case, a proposed settlement of 100 or so private antitrust cases, Apple filed a supplemental brief requesting that Microsoft pay all cash to an independent foundation rather than make its software and refurbed PCs available to needy schools.

-- TGIF, December 7 --