Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (22625)	2/8/1999 11:35:00 PM
From: micromike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

DOJ: Microsoft Gave Up $100 Million To Harm Netscape internetwk.com Washington, D.C. -- The U.S.government maintains that Microsoft gave up substantial revenue from agreements with Internet content providers (ICPs) in order to gain market share over--and arm--Netscape Communications Corp. --- And everybody thought MS IE was superior :-)

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (22625)	2/9/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

So Much For Microsoft's Blue Skies Internal power struggles, freeware and a brain drain cloud Windows' future. By Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller For any company, managing 2,000-plus developers is no picnic. But for Microsoft Corp., where big egos and fat stock options are the norm, it's becoming next to impossible. According to a report first published in The Seattle Times on Sunday, Microsoft is expected to reorganize the company within the next few weeks into four divisions. While the company routinely reorganizes annually, this anticipated move -- which could end up dividing responsibilities for consumer and enterprise operating systems going forward -- could be Microsoft's an attempt to stem some of the inner turmoil. Product shipment delays are a mere crack in the Microsoft "we're-on-track" facade. In recent months, the entire Windows 2000 development process has started to show signs of severe stress fractures. With Windows 2000 still a no-show, Microsoft finally has confirmed that it has abandoned plans to push consumers directly from Windows 98 to the Windows NT kernel. The change in direction is just the latest indication that Microsoft's developers are drowning in a sea of mixed messages, design changes and product delays. zdnet.com

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (22625)	2/9/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

More piling on: zdnet.com Isn't it funny how whichever side is putting on its case at the moment is the side everyone thinks is losing? Is there a message in that? ;) It does seem, though, that Microsoft's defense is going especially badly, and a new consensus is emerging about the prospects for the outcome. And we are finally seeing some serious re-examination of that sacred cow Court of Appeals Opinion that is supposed to save Microsoft's behind. All I can say is, it's about time. However, if the old consensus, that Microsoft need only rely on its sacred Court of Appeal Opinion and has the case in the bag, was way too optimistic, the new emerging consensus, that, to quote the former head of the ABA Section on Antitrust, "Microsoft is doomed," is, I think, too pessimistic. Who knows, all this hand-wringing might even get them to rethink their legal strategy and come up with something better. This shifting of the perceptions of the trial is all part of the ebb and flow of litigation, albeit, from Microsoft's perspective, things are ebbing when they should be flowing, and vice versa.