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...Microsoft's carefully crafted appeal of the federal antitrust case decided against the company earlier this year resembled nothing so much as a post-game press conference in the aftermath of a particularly hard-fought sports contest where the underdog has, miraculously, come...
...Microsoft, "not fair" has certainly been the rallying cry in the wake of the decision, which mandated in part that the corporation be divided in two and discontinue many of its current business practices. They contend that the intricacies of the creation and distribution of the operating system the court had to evaluate were so "esoteric" as to be beyond the understanding of any layperson, including the presiding Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of the Federal District Court in Washington, where the case was heard. As evidence, they point to the fact that Jackson himself often seemed overwhelmed by the technical...
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...
...DreamWorks-Howard ticket. But Pop fizzled as if it didn't have the will to live: the site issued only three press releases in its brief life and delayed the launch so often it became an industry joke. Out of the $50 million purse promised them by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, it spent a paltry $7 million--barely a long liquid lunch by Silicon Valley standards...
Just knowing I could revive my computer so easily inspired me to experiment. And that's the whole idea behind Me. The free programs Microsoft throws in--digital photo and video-editing software, a home-networking wizard, quick links to online games, and the latest versions of Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer--are all meant to encourage you to break out of your dull computing routines...