Losers: AOL, Sun, RealNetworks
C|Net | at | by Mike
Consumer groups and Microsoft competitors reacted to Friday's proposed antitrust settlement with disappointment and skepticism. The reaction to the deal reached by the software titan and the Justice Department in the landmark case boils down to one simple sentence: Microsoft got off easy. "They seem to have done pretty well with the settlement with the DOJ," said James Love, director of the Consumer Project on Technology. The organization, formed by Ralph Nader in 1995, focuses on intellectual property rights, among other issues. "We're disappointed," he said. "We would have expected to see more pop" in the settlement.