MSFT wins Y2K class action law suit. This should send a message to a lot of people thinking the same thing. Alright, now the legal team is clicking but it was probably a different team.<g>
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Microsoft let off the hook in Y2K suit
By Erich Luening
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
March 22, 1999, 2:35 p.m. PT
A federal court today dismissed a year 2000 lawsuit against Microsoft.
The federal court in Illinois dismissed a class action lawsuit, which was filed by software developer Ruth Kaczmarek against the software company in December.
As reported earlier, Kaczmarek claimed that Microsoft manufactured and distributed database development tools, including Fox Pro 2.5 and Visual FoxPro, knowing that the software contained "latent defects in the date sensitive codes," that did not recognize the year 2000 as a new century, according to the suit.
But the suit didn't meet the federal court's standard.
In its opinion, the court said, "As we near the 21st century, the media has focused on many potential Y2K problems. This focus will inevitably lead to much litigation which the courts will need to determine is meritful or meritless. Unfortunately for the plaintiff, we find this lawsuit falls in the latter category."
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