courts take a *l*o*n*g* time

Date: 2011-09-23 07:07 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Several people believe that the legal systems in USA and Europe will solve this problem by hauling Microsoft to court. There are problems with this:
1) Microsoft can point at the OEMs and say it was their fault for not providing the end-user with a way to add keys.
2) Even if the courts do direct this back at Microsoft - it could easily take five years before anything happens. At that point Microsoft gets slapped with a billion dollar fine and told not to do that again - but by that point the new nefarious Windows9 scheme is already underway.
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