Word: platform
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indeed, both Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun CEO Scott G. McNealy '76 used the conference as a platform to attack Microsoft, which is currently the subject of a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit...
...most viable Democrat candidate on the platform today," Benzan said...
...browser is a critical platform technology. It is the means of access to the Internet, and everybody understands that having a choke hold on the Internet can be critical. Second, the principles at issue in this case--the exclusionary contracts, the predatory practices, the use of the desktop to force Microsoft's products on other people--will be critical as we go forward. Last, we do have ongoing investigations into other issues...
...Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power, and the first thing Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee plans to do is carry out that canceled nuclear test. The B.J.P. has made nuclear assertion a cardinal plank of its India-first platform, and Vajpayee gives the go-ahead, but scientists tell him it will take a month. Before they can carry through, his government falls, after just 13 days in office...
...sounds, given the stylistic differences between Mercedes and Chryslers, one half of the company can help the other half design cars. For example, it's no secret that Mercedes badly wants a minivan for Europe. Chrysler, with 15 years' expertise in that market, could co-design a platform for a luxurious minivan that its partner could sell in Europe, saving money and adding sales. "They had a minivan going that they won't do now," says Eaton. That is only one of many planned savings, he says, "but we don't want to talk about our product plans right...