Every time Microsoft moves a finger the news booms across the entire computer industry like rolling thunder. And if word gets out that our cousins from Redmond are so much as thinking about twitching a pinkie, the Linux community dissects the potential act in just about every way and from just about every viewpoint imaginable. That’s why I find it odd that I’ve heard no one mention two issues with the recent Microsoft news that strike me as being obvious.
Every time Microsoft moves a finger the news booms across the entire computer industry like rolling thunder. And if word gets out that our cousins from Redmond are so much as thinking about twitching a pinkie, the Linux community dissects the potential act in just about every way and from just about every viewpoint imaginable. That’s why I find it odd that I’ve heard no one mention two issues with the recent Microsoft news that strike me as being obvious.
Bye, Bye Bill
First, Bill Gates hands over the CEO position to Steve Ballmer and takes a new job as Microsoft’s official ubergeek (to paraphrase the press release ever so slightly). Given what the last year has been like for Microsoft, and for Gates in particular, this isn’t a huge surprise. Neither Gates nor his company came across well in the Department of Justice trial, thanks to Microsoft’s seemingly endless string of courtroom follies and Gates’ shaky performance in his deposition. Plus, Microsoft was facing other legal issues, like the Sun Microsystems lawsuit over Java, as well as relatively minor ones like the recently settled legal tango with Caldera. Clearly the richest man on the planet was having no fun, so he chose to drop out of the spotlight and…
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