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...Penfield Jackson was thinking of a NASDAQ rupture Wednesday when he waited until 4:30 to do his part for the antitrust history books. But this one shouldn't have surprised anybody. Just like the government wanted him to, Jackson ordered up a two-way, 10-year split of Microsoft (one company for apps, one for the OS, and Bill Gates can only work at one of them) and a laundry list of "conduct remedies" for the meantime. Basically, the plan is that the Redmond boys check with their lawyers before going to the bathroom. It's the biggest antitrust...
...Next, the appeals. "This was the most favorable court the government's going to see in this case," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "Both the appeals court and the Supreme Court are going to be more sympathetic to Microsoft, and they're going to look at the idea of a breakup as very radical and very extreme." And Jackson, may have already lobbed a fat pitch in his decision to give Microsoft only four months to design a breakup plan. "Microsoft will likely take that point straight to appeals, and there's a good chance they'd win," says...
Most people can't understand the insidiousness of Microsoft's "embrace, extend and extinguish" policy when applied to real innovations like Sun's Java, but every mouse clicker has tried to zap the Office Assistant in the Office suite. Such "functionality" is what makes Microsoftware hog all your hard-disk space, so that you need a new PC every six months. The one-size-fits-all approach is like making a car that is also a boat and that rides like a helicopter. Trying to fly will result in short hops and frequent crashes! Microsoft is the big bully...
...SMASHING MICROSOFT The heyday of Microsoft (1995) was also the heyday of the Smashing Pumpkins. Now they're both on the train to splitsville. A tale of two Bills...
Chairman and co-founder of Microsoft...