From Sal's op-ed piece, seattletimes.com
These competitors want to have it both ways: They ridicule Bill Gates as a has-been in the brave new world of Java (a programming language that, coupled with Netscape, could someday supplant Windows as the world's standard operating system). Yet at the same time, these rivals crawl to the government sniveling about Gates' insurmountable monopoly power. Come on, cyber-gurus. Which is it?
Boy, that one sure sounds like a Microsoft plant, the usual "Java the great programming language" company line and the "crybaby competition crawling to the government" bit. Oh, but I'm sure your random Seattle Times columnist is totally immune to Microsoft groupthink. As for this crypto cyber-guru, I've never said Java is going to kill Windows, only that it's a good idea that should be allowed to live or die on its merits, not on how good Microsoft is at the Embrace and Demolish act. As to the government, the law is the law, and other companies besides Microsoft have run into problems with antitrust law without a PR campaign of worldwide whining about how unfair it is that laws meant to deal with monopolies might apply to Mighty Microsoft. Fey.
Cheers, Dan. |
