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Developers As Pawns and One-Night Stands

Posted by kdawson on from the Microsoft-sweet-talk dept.

jcatcw writes "At the Comes vs. Microsoft antitrust case, last Friday's testimony included evidence that James Plamondon, a Microsoft technical evangelist, in a 1996 speech referred to independent software developers as 'pawns' and compared wooing them to trying to win over a one-night stand. Last week's proceedings also included testimony by Ronald Alepin, a former CTO at Fujitsu Software Corp. and currently an adviser to the law firm Morrison Foerster LLP. He said that Lotus 1-2-3 was killed, in part, by Microsoft encouraging Lotus's programmers to use the Windows API even though Microsoft's own developers found it too complicated to use." The plaintiffs have created a site that includes transcripts of testimony presented in the case.

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  1. I can see the t-shirts now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "I independently developed software for Microsoft and all I got was herpes"

  2. Re:Woo by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    except when you are a monopoly, you don't get to play by the same rules as other people in return for being totally dominate in your industry and charging what ever you like.

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