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...presupposed that I had merits, but I neglected to identify this flaw in my approach until it was far too late. Remembering that my goal from the outset was to sell out, I asked myself, "What company best represents the ideals of exploitation and greed?" The answer was obvious: Microsoft...
...would think that working at Microsoft would require some background in computer science. One would probably be right, but that didn't stop me from sending out a resume Miraculously, I was asked to interview over the phone for a marketing internship. One would think that a marketing internship would require some background in business. One would definitely be right, but this didn't stop me from fighting my way far into the recruiting process...
With time running out before the scheduled release of Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system, the Justice Department and the attorneys general of several states are reportedly preparing to file new antitrust charges against the company as early as next week. The impending release of Windows 98 presents a challenge to prosecutors because it will moot the issue of Windows 95, which will be widely supplanted by the new version. With that in mind the government will soon have to decide whether to block the release of the new operating system as part of a broader lawsuit based on Sherman...
Meanwhile, Microsoft's foes are piling fuel on the fire to keep the pressure on: The CEO of software maker Caldera said Tuesday that Microsoft had threatened a large computer manufacturer with suspension of its operating system contracts if the manufacturer bundled competitors' operating systems in its computers. And while it faces the hostile glare of investigators on one front, Microsoft has lost a foothold on another: Bob Herbold, its candidate for one of six open slots on the board of the Software Publishers Association was rejected yesterday. It's especially galling considering that, with IBM, Microsoft...
...could Gates become the world's de facto banker? "I don't have any interest in bringing Microsoft into that arena," says Dusche. "Frankly, it's a really tough business." But his boss is a really tough businessman. As banking evolves into a competitive, complex business conducted over the Internet, Microsoft software--just as in the PC era--could become ever more valuable even as the products it enables grow ever less so. "I can go online and find hundreds of checking accounts," says Condon. "Microsoft wants to sell more servers and software, not become a financial institution." But Gates...