Not for Microsofties
Bill Gates and the Billophobes
forbes.com
Right before Netscape's August 1995 initial public
offering, Gates approached Netscape Chief
Executive James Barksdale with a proposition:
The two companies would enter into a broad
alliance in which they would share technology and
Microsoft would buy a minority stake in the
promising startup. Barksdale nixed the deal when
Microsoft demanded a seat on Netscape's board
of directors. "Why would you want a spy on your
board?" says Barksdale. "It's a classic Microsoft
game. They learn more about you so they can
hollow you out to the core. Their motives are not
pure.
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Microsoft posts latest fixes for NT 4.0
infoworld.com
Microsoft has begun work on Service Pack 4 for Windows NT 4.0, the next collection of bug fixes and updates to the operating system.
Three new fixes are posted on the Redmond, Wash., company's Web site, including an update to the fix Microsoft released for the "GetAdmin" security breach in May.
Also available is a fix that stops Internet Explorer 3.02 from hanging when a user with Service Pack 3 connects to a Web link that contains a Java application.
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Sun's McNealy Blasts Microsoft's Poison
techweb.com
Q: Doesn't that duplication of effort on the developer's part create some problems?
McNealy: I think there is duplication of efforts that there is Fortune and BusinessWeek. Wouldn't it be better if we just shut down one or the other and only had one magazine. I think choice is important. And I think there is an alternative to Windows. I think it is a very good one, no viruses, no memory leaks, scalability from Java ring to supercomputer, zero administration, write once run anywhere, no porting. Those are compelling features of Java over Windows and that is why the world is adopting it like crazy. In 800 days we've gone from nowhere to being on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
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