Ah ... you have to feel for poor Billy. His days are just getting worse all the time.
Loses to Linux in Munich http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=28... 94
Has to pull security update for XP because it shuts down the internet connection (and stops his spyware) http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ZXNEEJFR2YKICCRBAELCFE Y?type=technologyNews&storyID=2831325
and just in .....
- Loses $750M to AOL for killing Netscape and may have to take a $.05 write-down http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/29/technology/microsoft/index.htm
""While our companies will continue to compete, I'm pleased that we've been able to resolve our prior dispute, and I'm excited about the opportunity to work together collaboratively to make the digital decade a reality," Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said in a statement." Translation. "We're getting our butt kicked left and right and need to reestablish partnerships to try to plug the holes in our revenue stream, and we can always stab them in the back later.... Say in 7 years". And no exclusive deals, that should help to cushion the $0.03/share that realnetworks took after the deal was announced. But, despite the fact that AOL said it's Netscape division isn't slated to be shutdown, one must wonder. And Mozilla...? Hmmm. M$ has 46 billion in funds, so $750 mil isn't that big of a hit, but if one considers the bigger picture of dismal home and entertainment division losses and other divisions just treading water. Now the M$ server division is yet to be posted, could we see a decline in revenues in this department. Could M$ be trying to play nice now? Only because it wants something, like no long and lengthy, press ridden anti-trust torts and legal fees. Now it will all go away in 6 months or so. Hmmm, wouldn't that be the time when Munichs new Linux/OSS implimentations go on line? And AOLs debt gets lightened a bit, though falling subscriptions are still a reality. Yep, two wounded ducks waiting to go lame. Cheers, Curtis.