FC: Public comments in U.S. v. Microsoft now online: all 30,000

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 13:08:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe () gabegold com>
Sender: gabe () cpcug org
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Public Comments on US v.  Microsoft


>From Scout Report: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

2002 Federal Register: Public Comments on the United States v.  Microsoft
Corporation Settlement

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/usvms/msfr.html

An often scathing, exhaustive record for those who choose to consult it,
the "Federal Register of Public Comments on the United States v. Microsoft
Corporation Settlement" warrants even a cursory reading by anyone
interested in the landmark case against the world's most powerful
corporation. Containing more than 30,000 letters sent by private
individuals, groups, organizations, and societies regarding the
government's proposed settlement with Microsoft, the archive is a vast and
varied one, allowing the public to gauge overall reaction to the case, how
it was conducted, and its proposed outcomes.  Made available by GPO
Access, the letters are readable in either HTML or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
formats and are cataloged in thirty groups of one thousand letters each,
archived in order of the date they were received. The entire archive is
browseable by accession number and/or name of author. While not always
easy reading, the archive is a unique record of the public's opportunity
to sound off on a legal decision literally affecting everyone touched by
Microsoft.

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