The News Review:
- Microsoft Split Demanded Justice Dept., 17 states file for breakup of…
- THE SOFTWARE REVOLUTION–Part 2
- Gates to Cede Software Reins
- Buy software? How pass㩮HL:.(USA)
- Spring software shakeout
- Microsoft software again targeted by Net worm
Microsoft Split Demanded Justice Dept., 17 states file for breakup of…
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 29, 2000
“But by turning loose the power of competition in the operating systems business, this decree will stimulate innovation throughout the software industry. ” 2-YEAR BATTLE Yesterday’s development is just the latest salvo in a battle that has already lasted two years and could drag on for several more. And many legal, software and consumer experts are divided whether a breakup would encourage real competition. Some even say the move could backfire for consumers by driving up software prices and handcuffing other high-tech companies that fear similar reprisals from an emboldened Department of Justice. The breakup of Microsoft would be the first of a U. monopoly in 16 years — since American Telephone & Telegraph’s split into the eight regional “Baby Bells… This is not going to change the dynamics in the market, and it’s going to create a lot of needless regulation and cost taxpayers a bundle because the government will have to continually monitor the company. ” GATES’ RESPONSEMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates called the proposal “very disturbing” and reiterated confidence that the appeals court will overturn Jackson’s ruling. “These remedies would not allow us to deliver new software products like we have in the past,” Gates said. “These regulations do not help the software industry. They retard the speed at which it will move ahead. ” Though Microsoft would scarcely entertain questions regarding the logistics of breaking the company up — let alone which executives would go where — one analyst speculated that Gates would gravitate toward the operating systems company. “That’s the core of what Microsoft is, and it has the potential for deciding what the future is going to be like — for instance, it includes (the company’s work on) artificial intelligence, which is Bill (Gates)’s pet project,” said Rob Enderle, an analyst at Giga Information Systems.
THE SOFTWARE REVOLUTION–Part 2
BusinessWeek – Dec 4, 1995
Coming soon: Cheap, Web-ready mini-programs. No wonder the giants are jumpy. Microsoft, too, may be a prisoner of its own success.
Gates to Cede Software Reins
New York Times – Jun 16, 2006
Mundie, Ray Ozzie and Steven A. Ballmer will take on larger roles at the company.
Buy software? How pass㩮HL:.(USA)
Free with registration – Christian Science Monitor – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 25, 2007
(25-OCT-07) The Christian Science Monitor. — The personal-computer revolution for many Americans began in 1984, when their TV screens glowed with the surreal.
Spring software shakeout
CNN International – Mar 22, 2005
But Hochfeld said there are plenty of opportunities for stronger, larger companies like Oracle, SAP, IBM and Microsoft that want to buy smaller firms and improve their profit margins by weeding out redundant sales and marketing costs. To that end, Hochfeld said many companies he follows are vulnerable to being bought, including Ascential competitor Informatica, as well as Parametric Technology and MatrixOne, whose software helps companies manage product development. He also said that Lawson Software, which competes with Oracle and SAP in the application software market (automating routine business tasks like payroll and customer accounts) could be a target. Lawson was another of the companies on Oracle’s merger wish list. Think smallNone of these names are industry giants, however. Their market values range from a low of $271 million for MatrixOne to a high of $1. 4 billion for Parametric.
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Microsoft software again targeted by Net worm
USA Today – Sep 20, 2001
(AP) — As yet another viruslike program clogs networks around the globe, software giant Microsoft again finds its software at the center of the attack. The Nimda worm, which targets.
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