“You’ll see them fight the breakup through the judge’s
decision this summer, and when push comes to shove, you will see
them capitulate and try to become heroes,” said the
consultant, who requested anonymity. “They aren’t dumb, and all
their best advisers on this are telling them [that] is the best
thing for them to do.”
“Indeed, many in and around the high-tech industry are not so
sure breaking up the company would be the outrageous scheme
Microsoft is publicly making it out to be.”
“If you break [Microsoft] up, it would probably just be good for
the company,” said Ken Claggett, president of Syzygy International,
a software development company, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “[The
Justice Department] broke up AT&T, and that was good for the
Baby Bells. If anything, I think it would open more doors for
Microsoft. [Microsoft] could concentrate harder on specific tasks
within each of the new organizations.”
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