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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (23532)11/11/1999 12:49:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
Dvorak's outlook for Microsoft zdnet.com

Over on zdnet, the commentary and talkback has been pretty reliably pro-Microsoft, but cranky John Dvorak is an exception. He's often a little off the wall, but this prediction is dead on, if not exactly profound. It seems somebody else is unimpressed by certain elements of Microsoft's "innovative" legal strategy.


Q: What will happen next?


A: Look for a lot of public complaining by Microsoft. (In fact, see Bill Gates's open letter in major newspapers today.) This will get old fast. Also look for a lot of Microsoft stooges representing seemingly independent organizations to spew the Microsoft party line like never before. Listen for the overuse of the word "innovation." That's is the code word used by both Microsoft and apologists for the company. Every time I hear the word, which is completely meaningless in the context of this case, I turn on the BS meter and watch it jump. This case is about abuse of monopolistic power and unfair business practices, not about innovation. It's beside the point unless unfair business practices and anticompetitive behavior are innovative. I don't understand why the company just can't say it's sorry for any infraction and be done with it.

Cheers, Dan.
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