I just read on ZDNet.com that Microsoft settled with the DOJ. Well the settlement still has to be approved. <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099144,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02" target="_blank">Here's the story.</a>

What are your thoughts on this? If this were usual I wouldn't mind, but why was MS given the option to settle after they were convicted? Maybe there is something different in antitrust cases that I don't know about. I really don't think the settlement will make any difference though.