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CNET News: Meet the Tech World’s Latest Odd Couple

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 18, 2007

“Now this is more like it.

“Instead of mindlessly mouthing the usual marketing mumbo-jumbo,
Microsoft finally decided to publicly embarrass IBM by posting an
open letter to the industry that charges Big Blue with limiting
consumer choice.

“‘We just became frustrated,’ Tom Robertson, co-author of the
missive, said in explaining why Microsoft finally decided to let it
all hang out…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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