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<h2>January 23, 2002</h2>

<h3>I'm not a citizen, but some of you are</h3>

<p>Some of us in the tech field are keeping tabs on the Microsoft settlement, some of us aren't. I'll admit to being more in the latter group than the first, but I've been watching it a bit. Does the settlement sound like a crock? Yeah. Is there something we can do about it? Well, if we don't try, we'll never know, will we? If you believe in democracy, you have to participate in it actively to maintain it. Check out this page, regarding the <A HREF="http://www.codeweavers.com/~jwhite/tunney.html">Tunney Act</A> and the Microsoft settlement. This may be one of our best chances to affect the outcome of this case from a grass roots level. It'll only take a few minutes.</p>

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<p class="posted">Posted by KinCross at January 23, 2002 08:07 AM</p>




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