SRO: Microsoft's Next Move: Let's Make a Deal

"The only people who were surprised by Thomas Penfield Jackson taking Microsoft out behind the woodshed for an old-fashioned whopping were the ones who had their heads buried in Microsoft quarterly reports...."

"Joel Klein, the Department of Justice's main man, scored points off Microsoft's toy, white-show law firm like an American jet potting Iraqi tanks in Desert Storm. In a target-rich environment, Klein excelled...."

"Its almost 2000, Linux is charging forward with an operating system blitzkrieg and a revitalized Novell is using Novell Directory Services like a well-honed saber in the hands of a master fencer. Besides, while you can dismiss Solaris 8's February arrival as being more PR than real, commercial Linux is due out with the 2.4 kernel by then...."

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