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Within several months, Ballmer had defined a clear organizational structure, introduced modern accounting practices, and begun to institute the rigorous recruiting practices that would become one of the key factors in Microsoft??€™s future success...
...early 2000, after several years of being groomed to take over Gates’ position as Microsoft??€™s public spokesperson, Ballmer assumed the position of CEO when Gates stepped aside to become chief software architect...
...Microsoft??€™s X-Box has an enviable reputation among young people; the realistic games are fun and widely popular. In the latest example of strange political bedfellows, the new X-Box ad campaign promotes political activism among young people, encouraging them to vote. If only young voters commanded similar attention from politicians themselves, the much-bewailed political apathy of Generation Y could be solved...
...signal sent by the Justice Department is particularly disturbing in that it seems to represent a coup for Microsoft??€™s formidable lobbying operations. The company and its employees spent $4.7 million last year in donations to national political parties and candidates—nearly two thirds of that to money going to Republicans—and another $6 million on lobbyists, including top presidential advisor Ralph Reed. In June, the Justice Department announced that it would seek to settle a Clinton-administration suit against the tobacco industry, which donated millions to the GOP in the last election cycle...
...Given Microsoft??€™s resistance to any change in its business practices, the government must be prepared to take aggressive measures to ensure that the software monopoly does not abuse its power. Already, Microsoft has challenged AOL/Time Warner (the owner of Netscape) over the presence of AOL icons on its desktop. The corrections of a conduct remedy should be enforced so as to have as powerful an effect as possible in combating Microsoft??€™s predatory and monopolistic practices...