Bill's Biggest Mistake Ever? www5.zdnet.com
That's Jesse Berst, not me. It seems a little beneath the greatest company in the history of the known universe to resort to, er, Nixon era dirty tricks (think Nathan signed off on this one?) but the blown PR thing shouldn't much change the legal situation, one way or the other. The story's good for a quote, though.
Microsoft used to stand for hard work, innovation and brilliant product marketing. More and more, it's coming to stand for whining, stubbornness and holier-than-thou inflexibility. I'm getting fed up. I sense many buyers feel the same way. I fear Microsoft's pig-headedness will slow software progress, will mire us in lawsuits and never-ending government investigations.
Whining, stubbornness and holier-than-thou inflexibility? Hey, I thought those were my exclusive prerogative. Jesse may be fed up, but I'm entertained as usual. As for software progress, sheesh, I got to disagree with Jesse there too, that one's hardly Microsoft's exclusive prerogative, though I imagine they could do impressive things if they quit worrying about embrace and demolish on the internet and Java fronts first and foremost.
Oops, another quote, purely for amusement:
In some papers, Microsoft's ad appeared next to a similar diatribe from the tobacco companies. The tobacco companies! Microsoft is acting like the tobacco companies! I rest my case.
Like I said, purely for amusement. I don't smoke, but M's got good Wisconsin holdings, I couldn't badmouth them.
Cheers, Dan. |
