Word: microsoft
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...began a fourth company, phone.com and spent the next few years getting wireless providers and firms like Microsoft to sign up to the WAP standard. They had to. WAP was the only game in town at a time when the Net and cell-phone usage were exploding. Last month phone.com exploded too, shelling out $6 billion for mobile-mailbox giant software.com And since every piece of software on the Net will have to be rejiggered to conform to the WAP standard, Rossman still has a lot of work to do if he's going to distract cell-phone users from...
There is money to be made in open source. Brand-name Linux packages cost money. De Icaza's company, Helix Code, sells Gnome service and support. And big tech companies stand to benefit if there is an inexpensive alternative to Microsoft products. Which explains why this is one revolution significant parts of corporate America can get behind...
TALKING A GOOD GAME When you've got both hands wrapped around a flamethrower, you can hardly be expected to take a phone call. That's why Microsoft came up with the SideWinder Game Voice ($54.95), a clever gadget that lets online gamers talk among themselves while they play. Since the call is placed over the Internet, you don't even have to pay for long distance. Friends sold separately...
...appearances to the contrary, BILL GATES is sort of a geek. With billions of dollars in pocket cash, his hobbies might reasonably include small-country collecting or skyscraper demolition, but instead the founder of Microsoft prefers good ol' granny-playin' bridge. Naturally, he is not just a hobbyist but a competitive player, and last weekend he participated in the mixed team finals of the North American Bridge Championships in Anaheim, Calif. While the Gates squad finished 50th out of 52 teams, Mr. Bill seemed buoyed just to be in the heady air of all those bridge geniuses. "The game...
...buddies were intrigued by Microsoft after the antitrust ruling, so he went online to snap up stock. The price jumped $20 a share. It was a classic case of right place, right time. Except that Jason Marchione is not your classic investor. His lucky tip came in the middle of fifth-grade computer class. "There's that famous quote," says Jason, 11. "Buy low. Sell high. Make mad dough...