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Thursday, April 25, 2002

Microsoft Exec Warns Court of Computer Frustration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using a personal computer would turn into a confusing and frustrating experience under antitrust sanctions sought against Microsoft Corp. by nine states, a Microsoft executive testified on Thursday.

[Christopher] Jones told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that Windows was a highly complex array of interdependent blocks of computer code that could not be pulled apart and put back together in just any combination.

"Consumers would be confused and frustrated if products marketed as Windows operating systems were incapable of running Windows applications because blocks of software code relied on by those applications had been removed," he said in written testimony.

'...Consumers would be beset with strange glitches, causing their machines to lock up and making them resort to the time-honored three finger salute; inscrutable popups would jump out of nowhere with "Fatal Error" messages; and there would be a continual string of patches and upgrades necessary to keep systems secure and running at anywhere near a productive level. Oh, wait...'

posted by Terry at 1:38:00 PM

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