Microsloth Found Guilty as Sin

[George at Orwellian.Org]

Ashcroft is on TV now, saying he was pleased the appeals
court found Microsoft guilty of monopoly practices.

Dig the "Deceiving Java developers" section of the ruling.

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5/7/2001

#    Microsoft to Put Digital ID Into Its Products
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#    Microsoft plans to incorporate a user-identification approach
#    into its operating systems and software products, and the company
#    says the change could speed up business-to-business transactions
#    and increase the level of confidence in those online transactions.
#    
#    The user-ID system, known as Identrus, employs a technology for
#    identifying people and organizations online through the use of
#    digital signatures.
#    
#    Under the Identrus system, those digital certificates will be
#    certified by banks, an extra measure of security that Microsoft
#    says should enhance the public's trust in online transactions.
#    
#    Microsoft said it was designing many of its new business products,
#    including Windows 2000, Microsoft Outlook, and the software in
#    its new .Net line, to work with the Identrus system.
#    
#    The system was developed by Identrus L.L.C., a company formed
#    by a group of major banks...
#    
#    http://identrus.com/