BTW, in an earlier post you say "luck is really on msft's side when it comes to alliances." I'm curious why you say it's luck. Seems to me MSFTs business style is very methodical.
I'll agree with you there, Alan. Microsoft's style is nothing if not methodical. Microsoft must be free to "innovate", and also must be free to tell its "partners" what to do with their , um , innovations. The "free market" has a bit of trouble making the right "choice", when the choices get nipped in the bud before they come to market.
But, of course, Bill's fishing expedition will show that everybody tells Andy Grove what he can and can't do. Andy's just a wimpy guy, you know. And what turns up there will be held in strictest confidence, I'm sure. Like, it was so important that Bill's deposition not be public, it would reveal the vital trade secret that he can't remember a thing.
Ironic? Sarcastic? You be the judge.
Cheers, Dan. |
