Tag: Microsoft
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Google v Microsoft: Clash of the Titans
The Economist: Google v Microsoft: Clash of the Titans Google launches a direct assault on Microsoft with the promise of a new PC operating system. THE announcement came as a humble blog post on Google’s corporate website late on Tuesday July 7th, but it delivers what is likely to be a dramatic shake-up for the…
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Browser Wars: The Monkey On Microsoft’s Back
Forbes: Browser Wars: The Monkey On Microsoft's Back Poor Microsoft. This week, the Redmond, Wash., giant is gearing up for the next big release of its Web browser, a leap from Internet Explorer 7 to IE 8. When open-source competitor Mozilla released its last update of Firefox in June, the Web went wild: People downloaded…
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The meaning of Bill Gates
The Economist: The meaning of Bill Gates As his reign at Microsoft comes to an end, so does the era he dominated. WHEN Bill Gates helped to found Microsoft 33 years ago there was a company rule that no employees should work for a boss who wrote worse computer code than they did. Just five…
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New Climate for Science (Part 5)
I closed the last post with the question, "So what might help us to make more sound policy decisions in a context of complexity?" Let us start with a thought experiment. The year is 1895, and we are in America. As we look at recent trends, we see a rapidly growing population and increased urbanization.…
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“I Blew It on Microsoft” Lawrence Lessig
Wired: I Blew It on Microsoft Lawrence Lessig That behavior [Microsoft's Business Model], the government had charged, chilled competitive innovation. A reluctant DOJ concluded that the only solution was a lawsuit. How else, Microsoft's competitors asked, could the software giant be restrained? If not by the US government, then by whom? ……. I was one…