Friday, June 2, 2000

Microsoft Responds to the Breakup Plan -- 3:17 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

Microsoft has made its next move in the antitrust case by filing a response to the breakup plan. And as usual, it's humorous reading because Microsoft just Doesn't Get It (tm). You can read about it in this article from The Standard.

I can't decide which is my favorite part: Microsoft's request to share technologies among companies and reunite after 4 years, or DreamWorks producer Jeffrey Katzenberg's claim that a M$ breakup would cause DreamWorks to suffer. Microsoft has never taken this case and trial seriously, and still doesn't. Which explains its current predicament. . .

The Master comments: It's okay-they're not going to win, the government is going to break them up, and even though in the short term it may cause damage to the Windows monopoly, in the end we'll all be better off for it. Bill Gates doesn't understand real politics, and in that lack of understanding he has sown the seeds of the "disaster" on his hands. I still say he'll be happy in a few years after the Baby M$s make even more money than before. . .

News for 06/02/2000

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