Judge OKs Microsoft settlement
C|Net | at | by Mike
A federal judge Friday largely accepted a proposed settlement in Microsoft's long-running antitrust case with the U.S. Justice Department. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said sanctions against the software giant are to last five years unless extended by the court. "The court is satisfied that the parties have reached a settlement which comports with the public interest," Kollar-Kotelly wrote. The settlement "is conditionally approved as the final judgment in this case," the judge wrote. The settling parties have until Nov. 8 to refile the settlement with changes requested by the judge.