I read Cringely's column this week with quite a bit of interest. I don't know what Microsoft is up to, but they seem to be having a lot of legal problems recently, and not many of them are nearly as publicised as they should be.
Frankly, I thought they lost the Eolas suit on purpose, so as not to create a legal precedent that might endanger their position as the holders of many software patents, but now I'm not so sure. Could it be that Microsoft is actually having some trouble they don't quite know how to handle? I hope so, it's the kind of tribulation that forges character.. :)
Posted by Dave at August 31, 2003 05:30 PMLot's of people are appalled like I am that Microsoft wasn't broken up into Baby Bills. If there ever was a need to break up a monopoly it is this one. What could the justice department have been thinking? (How much money their patron party was going to get in contributions?).
Posted by: jack at September 2, 2003 06:06 AM