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TIME Man of the Year: Andrew Grove He?s in the chips: Intel?s head honcho scoops TIME?s most prestigious award...
...Economy is finally here - and to celebrate the digitally-inspired boom, TIME magazine has made Intel boss Andy Grove its 1997 man of the year. But while the California chip-makers are popping champagne corks, the Windows part of the "Wintel" axis has spent the week shrouded in gloom. The Justice Department has sunk its teeth into Microsoft, and neither Janet Reno nor Joel Klein seem inclined...
...Andy Grove huddled with a bunch of lawyers right now? After all, Intel has more of a monopoly than its cousins in Redmond - 90 percent of the planet's PCs have Intel inside; only 85 percent see Windows. Why is it Grove, not Gates, getting the glory? The simple answer is unchecked ambition - Grove was content to cash in his chips; Gates intends to own desktops, cable boxes and the Internet. It's this last aim where Gate has gone too far, according to the boys at Justice. Gates denies it, but the judge isn't convinced - and the world...
...first point is the best place to begin. Read the trade magazines to see what the latest Intel plans are for its processors. Look in the technology section of your favorite paper to keep abreast of high-level events such as the Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft or Apple's purchase of PowerComputing. Really, it's more fun than it sounds, and it's free...
While his engineers race to mix and match technologies, Idei has been forging as many business alliances as possible. Besides Grove at Intel, the Sony chief is spinning deals with Microsoft. Last April, Microsoft paid $425 million for WebTV Networks Inc., an Internet software provider that uses Sony hardware. IBM's Lou Gerstner could be a key partner in shaping a future DVD format. In May, through Idei's personal connections with Rupert Murdoch, another Sun Valley buddy, Sony announced it would cooperate with News Corp., Fuji Television Network and Softbank, the Japanese company that owns Ziff-Davis...