“Back in 2004, Black received millions in Microsoft money personally...”
--Pamela JonesTo the above, adds Groklaw: "CCIA and Ed Black, you'll recall from the EU Commission antitrust case against Microsoft. Back in 2004, Black received millions in Microsoft money personally, half of the settlement, it was reported, when the CCIA settled its complaint against Microsoft, leaving the SAMBA guys standing alone as complainants, though they ultimately prevailed. So now a company partly owned by Microsoft raises antitrust allegations against IBM and Black supports the partly-Microsoft-owned company. It might all be legitimate and completely coincidental. Who knows? But Microsoft says it will be putting its efforts into making sure everyone plays by the same antitrust rules, and I have begun to see more activity in the antitrust complaint department against Microsoft competitors."
How fascinating. Groklaw has also pointed at this Bilski post from Patently-O, adding: "Guess whose brief agrees with Lee Hollaar's? Yes. Microsoft's. Surprised?"
Hollaar is no stranger to the SCO case, either. Groklaw wrote about him recently and we saw him involved even in 2008. It's a small world after all. ⬆