Monthly Archives: July 2001
Right Verdict, Wrong Remedy
The unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals last week that Microsoft Corp. engaged in anticompetitive activity to maintain its monopoly in the...
Customer Retention
It was the eve of a big IBM announcement. After years of dealing with 500 different customer databases spread around the world, IBM, in...
Old Game, New Rules for Microsoft
For months, even years, the experts said it could not be done.Antitrust laws, they said, could never react quickly enough to stop Microsoft from...
Defending Judge Jacksons Big Mouth
Within the legal community, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson messed up for sure. He shot his mouth off, and now the U.S. Court of Appeals,...
Microsoft Dominating All the While
While the Department of Justice and 19 states have spent thousands of hours and untold dollars pressing antitrust charges against Microsoft, the software monopoly...
Overbuilders or Underachievers?
Whats the difference between two and three? In the case of competitive cable it could be life and death.As their counterparts in the telephone...
Round Two: Europe
Microsoft has won a stay of execution in the U.S., but a European Commission probe into its market practices could have a very different...
Tis a Far Better Thing We Do Who Serve
Whether striding up to the microphone or sliding in by the side door, computer makers are busy recasting themselves as service organizations. The reasoning...
So Long Alpha, Hello Itanium
Compaq Computer Corp.s decision last week to abandon its high-end Alpha processors and embrace Intel Corp.s Itanium chips comes as the computer maker slashes...
Fast Facts Matrix: July 2, 2001
Compaq: Alpha to IntelIn an effort to reduce its reliance on hardware revenue, Compaq Computer last week said it would phase out its Alpha...