Monthly Archives: July 2001
Back to the Future?
Perhaps the best way to manage a network teeming with PCs is not with more software or administrators but with a garbage truck. Many...
NetRule Ably Predicts Net Growth, but Setup Is Tricky
Analytical Engines Inc.s lightning-fast NetRule 4.0 network modeling and performance simulation tool is a good guide for planning network growth. Senior IT executives and...
Microsoft Ruling: Everybody Wins
Last weeks unanimous appeals court decision overturning substantive portions of the Microsoft antitrust verdict took everyone by surprise. Anticipating a complete victory for Microsoft,...
It Is Common Knowledge
Centuries of scholarship and financial competition have been shaped by the fact that knowledge was scarce—that is, in the economic sense of being something...
Half-Baked.com
WARNING: The following column is rated MA, for mature audiences. No graphic language, sex, nudity or violence, but the squeamish should skip it.In the...
Wanna Bet?
At Flutter.com, online betting is personal. The U.K.-based wagering site has developed a person-to-person model that allows bettors to place wagers on any eventuality...
Telecom Vendors Ripe for Picking
Many communications equipment vendors are worth less on Wall Street than the cash in their bank accounts — and that usually means takeovers and...
The Tax Reptile
The future crept up on me, slithering with purpose and stealth through the tall grasses as I scanned the horizon. I hunted for fat...
Key Precedents in the Antitrust Trial
1911 — United States v. Standard Oil Co.Courts break company into dozens of pieces after trial that shows a wide variety of illegal practices....
Tending the Microsoft Flock
Im not the first to notice that theres a certain relationship between Microsoft and its customers—especially the developers, who enjoy all the benefits of...