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...Public uproar forced Lotus Development, a software manufacturer, and Equifax, a company that compiles financial information about individuals, to shelve their scheme to market a data base that would have allowed anyone with a personal computer to purchase a list of names, buying habits and income levels of selected households. The system would have permitted small businesses such as dry cleaners, pharmacies and pizza take-out restaurants to get a bead on their local customers...
...Kuwaitis will continue enjoying a new pastime: the daily 15- minute radio program that recounts tales of the Iraqi invaders' stupidity. Three weeks ago, a roomful of Kuwaitis dissolved into laughter when the announcer recalled the troops who stole computer screens thinking they were TVs, and then wondered why "Lotus 123" never came on the air. When not laughing at their onetime tormentors, some Kuwaitis poke fun at the desirability of living in their wrecked country. A favorite joke has Kuwait's Public Works Ministry rushing to complete a new highway to Saudia Arabia, with all six lanes going...
...private sector is even more active. About 5,600 firms provide some kind of day care, and a small but growing group offers on-site or near-site ECE centers. The Lotus Child Center, situated at the company's Cambridge, Mass., headquarters, is an impressive example. The software giant employs 2,000 people, and 60 of their children are currently enrolled. Costs vary according to income. Some parents pay the going rate for private preschools, while other employees are subsidized and pay as little as $20 a week. "In the future," says program director Mary Eisenberg, "we're going...
...that don't get with the program are asking for trouble. The Bush Administration in April placed India and Thailand on the Commerce Department watch list for possible retaliation because of those countries' casual treatment of property rights. In Thailand, cited as the most flagrant violator, copycat versions of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software sell for the equivalent of $50 instead of the $500 U.S. price. New movies like David Lynch's Wild at Heart, not yet available on video in the U.S., go for $4 a tape...
Like IBM, Microsoft dwarfs its competitors. With $1.5 billion in sales and a market value of $12 billion, it is eight times larger than its nearest rival, Lotus Development. Gates is the world's youngest self-made billionaire, with 42 million shares of Microsoft stock worth about $4.3 billion. The company didn't get so big so fast all alone: its close tie to Big Blue propelled it to the top. A decade ago, the two companies teamed up to develop the IBM PC, with Microsoft contributing the disk operating system, or DOS. After the PC started to lose steam...