Might this help comprehending things Microsoft?
http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
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Henry
Jack Park wrote:
> I consider this page a valuable read:
> http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/08/02/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/i
> ndex.htm#xp
>
> "News, Views and a Silicon Valley Diary
>
> Posted on Thursday, August 2, 2001
> Stop Windows XP Before It's Too Late
> Now that the U.S. appeals court has reaffirmed its unanimous decision that
> Microsoft abused its monopoly and stifled innovation, and now that it's
> abundantly clear that Microsoft has no intention of modifying its behavior,
> it's time for a difficult but necessary step.
> The Justice Department and states must quickly seek an injunction blocking
> the release of Windows XP, at least the version Microsoft is planning to ship.
> This sounds like an extreme move, and in a way it is. But it's vital.
> Otherwise we'll face even more extreme behavior from a company that keeps
> demonstrating, in word and deed, utter contempt for the law and fair
> competition."
>
> Two items from the page worth quoting:
>
> "Microsoft removed the Java environment from XP, thereby breaking thousands
> of Web sites that use Java. XP customers will face endless downloads to
> replace the functionality they'd come to expect.
>
> Microsoft will force XP users to sign up for its Passport authentication
> system if they want to use key XP features. This is a dagger aimed at all
> kinds of other businesses, and despite Microsoft's claims to the contrary
> it represents a potentially massive threat to customers' security and privacy."
>
> I suspect that folks should familiarize themselves with what MS is up to,
> and soon.
>
> While sitting at the Semantic Web workshop, chatting with Steve Newcomb,
> one of the fathers of topic maps and HiTime, Ed Feigenbaum, one of the
> fathers of expert systems stopped to admire my Sony laptop. He mentioned
> that his was an older version and he couldn't wait to upgrade just as soon
> as MS XP was released. He then walked across the courtyard to his office
> in the William Gates Building on the Stanford campus.
>
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