Typical what we have with Linux is essential UNIX as it was defined twenty years
ago.

And people get a kick out of having the source code – gives the possibility to play around with that.

What we’re trying to do with Windows is solve a different kind of problem. We’re
trying to create a system that is much richer in terms of the graphics and system management.

And unfortunately, we never achieved that result; that is, they
would do things related to Windows that [sic] without talking to us in
advance, and then once they had done the work, there would be some
incompatibilities between what they had done and Windows itself.

Note that a videotape has no busy
scheme like Mr. Gates. Apparently, the problem of making Mr. Gates
available for the deposits had less to do with his busy scheme than
with Microsoft’s reluctance to show him answering difficult questions.

Apparently, Microsoft
was more willing to abandon those “millions of customers” on the Mac
platform than they said a week before this statement was made public by
the DOJ.

It corroborates Netscape’s contention that they were to be restricted to Windows 3.11 and non-Windows platforms.

Microsoft’s
present moves to retract product after product from the Apple platform
show that Apple had good reason not to count on Microsoft’s inclination
to support Office on the Mac.

Did Apple need something only
Microsoft could give them? Yes. Did Apple have to give something in
return that was aimed to hurt a competitor of Microsoft? Yes. No more
is needed.

26. A Microsoft representative, Mike Culver,
informed Blue Mountain that the problem was caused by a ‘bug’ in
Microsoft’s junk mail filter. The Microsoft representative agreed that
Blue Mountain greeting cards are not ‘junk mail’ and should not be sent
to the ‘junk’ mailbox. He said Microsoft would fix the problem
immediately. Microsoft still has not fixed this problem despite Blue
Mountain’s repeated complaints. Indeed, Mr. Culver recently told Blue
Mountain that Microsoft would not fix the problem until its next
release of Internet Explorer, an unspecified date in the future.

http://www.bluemountain.com/home/bluemountain_vs_Microsoft.html

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2224729-2,00.html

To accomplish this, Microsoft is requesting that Compaq replace
the Microsoft Network and Internet Explorer icons on the Windows 95
desktop on all Compaq Presario machines. Specifically we are asking
that these icons be put back on the Windows 95 desktop so they look and
function exactly the same as how they were originally provided by
Microsoft and/or Authorized Replicators. This means the icons should
not be just Windows 95 shortcuts, since the functionality is different.
In addition, the Microsoft Network and Internet Explorer icons and
Internet Setup Wizard icon should also be put back into their original
locations and functionality under the ‘Start’ button on Windows 95.

If you are willing to give Microsoft a clear written
assurance that the above will be implemented on all Compaq Presario
machines within sixty (60) days of the date of this letter, Microsoft
will withdraw its Notice of Intent to Terminate letter addressed to
David Cabello and dated May 30, 1996 once such written assurance is
received by Microsoft.

“We
have cooperated 100 percent in the government investigation and we will
continue to do whatever we can to assist because we think the facts are
on our side.”

From the judge’s verdict we can derive that
Microsoft did not everything it could do to assist and it did not
cooperate 100 percent in the government investigation.

Mr. Murray has misinformed the public about Microsoft’s actions and this reflects negatively on his credibility.

Clearly, this doesn’t necessarily conflict
with the statement that “Microsoft’s operating systems are a very small
percentage of the cost of a personal computer” [I left some
adjectives]. Therefore, Mr. Murray says that the government is “lying”
without even going so far as to point out a misrepresentation.

Pearly Gates and Em-Ballmer

One promises you heaven and the other prepares you for the grave.

Clearly, Microsoft’s judgment on technology is not to be trusted when stated in court.

[Washington Post: Microsoft executives scoffed yesterday at Young's two-decade prediction.]
Tod Nielsen
(Manager Microsoft developer relations): I think that is ridiculously
pessimistic. Paradigm shifts happen in our industry every six months,
and any attempt to predict more than a few years into the future
becomes very doubtful.