So the DOJ is about to split Microsoft into, basically, two bits. Applications and OS. The result will have transpired by October. Here is an interesting idea: – What if the DOJ had decided to force MS to make Windows 2000 Open Source and then to release it to...
Interestingly, if MSFT moves to Vancouver it may become a whole lot harder to retain development/engineering talent in the area in the short term. This will deeply hurt the startup community that is just barely getting going there, I think. Long term, it could be...
As with everything else, Microsoft is still pursuing a strategy to embed all communications into the desktop PC. This will be their undoing. PC-based communications management is errant as a go-to-market strategy, doing ANYTHING on the PC (especially with Windows and...
Some quick math: Cash Raised: $135 million Cash on Hand 5/15: $743,400 Debt on 5/15: $25 million Sales FY 99 and FY 00: $4 million Sale of Intellectual Property: $375,000 Sale of Core Assets: $(2 million maybe?)...
>X-Sender: rohit [at] 128.195.1 [dot] 70 (Unverified) >Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:10:35 -0700 >To: FoRK [at] xent [dot] com >From: Rohit Khare >Subject: 40X five year email volume growth > > >* Drowning In Email Success? — That could be what’s in store for...
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