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...islands straddling the equator, in roughly the same time zone as Hong Kong and Vietnam. Bali is about the size of Delaware, with a population of 3 million exuberant Hindus. To the west of Bali, separated by a strait of just several hundred yards, is the island of Java, which is about the size of California, with a population of 100 million Muslims. Stretching east is an archipelago with hundreds of small to medium-sized islands, islands with names like Sumba, Sumbawa, Lombok, Flores, Komodo, the legendary Spice Islands, Timor, and the island of Irian Jaya (New Guinea). These areas...
...former adviser. The immediate consequences: international praise and strident gatherings outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. A leading Islamic council promised jihad?though not necessarily violence?if the U.S. invades Afghanistan. And extremist groups, a tiny but vocal fraction of Indonesia's Muslims, conducted "sweeps" through hotels in central Java, checking guest lists for Americans and warning that they will return if war commences. It's hard to attract investment if investors are scared...
...work--from Microsoft's competitors. My AOL connection refused to recognize my cable modem and tried to connect via the phone, something Microsoft says AOL will "fix" in its forthcoming 7.0 release. Liquid Audio, a popular music player, had the dubious distinction of causing my machine to gag. And Java programs now require you to find, download and install a special piece of software. Oh, well. Life's not perfect under a monopoly. Better get used...
...actions by Microsoft were designed to stifle possible innovations in the computer industry. As the district court found and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld, the company feared that “middleware” such as Netscape’s browser and Sun’s Java would allow greater freedom to choose alternative operating systems with the same functionality. Microsoft’s decisions to prevent consumers from removing Internet Explorer, to require distributors to give Explorer prominent placement on the desktop, and to subvert the Java standard by building its own proprietary version were intended...
Five days after being sworn in, Megawati Sukarnoputri toured west Java and Sulawesi to inaugurate a number of development projects. The trip was scheduled while she was still Vice President. At Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province, she spoke with TIME reporter Jason Tedjasukmana over a breakfast of omelettes and toast in her first interview as President. Edited excerpts...