Iowans can get up to $29 for copy of Microsoft software

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-04-18-microsoft-iowa-settlement_N.htm

Ok, it’s all over a law suit about illegal monopolization and anti-competitive conduct from 1994 to 2006. And it looks like they lost again.

[i]For each copy of Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS, customers can claim $16 a copy, Microsoft Excel is worth $25 a copy and Microsoft Office, $29 a copy.

No proof of purchase will be required for online claims of up to $100 or for mail claims of up to $200. Claimants will be required to sign a legal document saying their claim is accurate. Lying can bring a charge of perjury.[/i]

This is what, the third time that MS has lost in court? Europe, the federal government, and now a state government.

Is the once invincible Microsoft starting to lose it’s choke hold?

Dan