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WASHINGTON: Talk about brazen: "The government got what it wanted, knowing full well what the consequences would be" ? thus spake Richard J. Urowsky, attorney for software giant Microsoft, as the browser battle picked up where it left off in December. Clearly, the firm's lawyers have lost none of their chutzpah in the intervening month ? at one point Urowsky claimed that Microsoft, that poor lost soul, was caught between contrary unbundling orders from the DOJ and the court. Even the judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson, had to raise his eyebrows at that. "Microsoft came across as very abrasive," says Netly News...
...government, whose exasperation was almost tangible, were limited to dragging out a very basic video presentation to explain very slowly how easy it was to exorcise Explorer. They insisted Microsoft was in contempt, and seem set to ask Jackson to implement the long-threatened $1 million-a-day fine. But Bill Gates has lost none of his Teflon coating ? despite the court wrangling, set to continue Wednesday, and another antitrust investigation in Japan, Microsoft stock still managed to end the day up another three points...
Imagine that Coke Classic told Coca-Cola it wanted to finish its run on top and was quitting, or that Windows announced to Microsoft that after looking deep into its heart, it had decided to move on, and you will get some idea of how Jerry Seinfeld's decision to end his show will affect NBC. Quite simply, the network is a company that is being forced to discontinue one of its most profitable products. NBC made an estimated $500 million last year, and Seinfeld contributed some 40% to that total. The comment of Seinfeld that the show is "about...
Judgment Nears for Microsoft Bill Gates prepares to go another round with the Justice Department...
Trustbusters At the Gates The battle over the future of your desktop began in earnest today, as Microsoft mounted an abrasive attack on claims that they're in contempt of court. Full Story TIME: Target: Microsoft The Hearing Blow-by-Blow FORTUNE: Why America Loves Microsoft Netly News: Microsoft's New Humility