Microsoft and the state of Arizona reached an agreement Tuesday. The class-action lawsuit alleged that Microsoft overcharged its customers in the state. According to PCWorld "The deal provides Arizona software buyers with up to $104.6 million in vouchers that can be used to buy computer hardware and software".
Microsoft has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit in Arizona, which alleged that the company abused its Windows monopoly to overcharge customers in the state for its software. The deal provides Arizona software buyers with up to $104.6 million in vouchers that can be used to buy computer hardware and software, Microsoft of Redmond, Washington, says in a statement.
Eligibility Requirements
Arizona consumers who indirectly purchased certain Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet, or word processing software between January 12, 1996 and December 31, 2002 are eligible for vouchers. Half of any unclaimed settlement money will go to needy public schools in Arizona in the form of vouchers, Microsoft says. The settlement is similar to ones Microsoft reached with consumers in states including California, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas. In the Arizona settlement, as in the others, Microsoft denies any wrongdoing.
News source: PCWorld.com
Microsoft has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit in Arizona, which alleged that the company abused its Windows monopoly to overcharge customers in the state for its software. The deal provides Arizona software buyers with up to $104.6 million in vouchers that can be used to buy computer hardware and software, Microsoft of Redmond, Washington, says in a statement.
Eligibility Requirements
Arizona consumers who indirectly purchased certain Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet, or word processing software between January 12, 1996 and December 31, 2002 are eligible for vouchers. Half of any unclaimed settlement money will go to needy public schools in Arizona in the form of vouchers, Microsoft says. The settlement is similar to ones Microsoft reached with consumers in states including California, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas. In the Arizona settlement, as in the others, Microsoft denies any wrongdoing.
News source: PCWorld.com
*Added for EU comparison; it appears its not just the UK getting ripped off.
A few lawyers get millions and the rest of us peons get lousy vouchers that can only be used if we buy something.
Only in America. Of the Lawyers, by the Lawyers, for the Lawyers.
This is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.
(just my opinion)
-lylesback2
I hope you are not considering Linux a "Viable" option for the "average" home user, and (jokingly) apple a viable option for the rest of us!
This is just more proof that software authors do not have the right to overcharge people, despite the many comments in the past that I have seen posted by some poeple that you can charge whatever you feel like and the consumers have no rights.
Or the idiots that think Microsoft products aren't overpriced, when they clearly are.
I remember reading posts here on Neowin from some people who claimed Microsofts software was cheap or a bargain.... yeah right.
but ms Operating SyStem cost about $200 but who's getting sued all the time? microsoft is and not them..
thats unfair treatment
but ms Operating SyStem cost about $200 but who's getting sued all the time? microsoft is and not them..
thats unfair treatment
Does the general populatiopn use the Graphic suite?
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