Please read the DOJ proposal. The proposal contains more than a recommendation to split. It is actually a very thorough point-to-point remedy solution that compliments the Findings of Fact. Please please please read it before posting more ignorant comments. After reading it, read MakeYouSoft's reply and compare the two. DOJ and Judge Jackson have impressed me with their thoroughness and their logic.
On another note, the version of the story I read stated the third company would not be IE, but microsoft's Internet holdings including MSN. MSN is actively competing with AOL. Office and the other microsoft software products have their competitors. Then the OS division has its competitors. Makes perfect sense to me. Cheers to Judge Jackson!
Actually, I can't believe how wide the loopholes in this thing are. Independent. I think microsoft means anybody who is not competing with them.
I've also seen several posts here that seem to assume the DOJ ONLY proposed to split up Microsoft. Read it. Check that. Read the Findings of Fact, then read the DOJ proposal. They line up very squarely with one another. The DOJ proposal addresses the points of the FOF and puts checks and balances in after a split-up.
I don't think anyone in their right mind believes the microsoft proposal is locked down tight and would reverse their corporate culture. Unfortunately, I've come to believe members of the general pubilc aren't in their right minds.
This sort of thing already exists in a much better implemented manner. I think it's called Lotus Notes. Groupware. Workflow. Knowledge Management. You know - all those buzzwords you've heard recently from Microsoft, but others have been doing for more than 10 years.
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Please read the DOJ proposal. The proposal contains more than a recommendation to split. It is actually a very thorough point-to-point remedy solution that compliments the Findings of Fact. Please please please read it before posting more ignorant comments. After reading it, read MakeYouSoft's reply and compare the two. DOJ and Judge Jackson have impressed me with their thoroughness and their logic.
On another note, the version of the story I read stated the third company would not be IE, but microsoft's Internet holdings including MSN. MSN is actively competing with AOL. Office and the other microsoft software products have their competitors. Then the OS division has its competitors. Makes perfect sense to me. Cheers to Judge Jackson!
I've also seen several posts here that seem to assume the DOJ ONLY proposed to split up Microsoft. Read it. Check that. Read the Findings of Fact, then read the DOJ proposal. They line up very squarely with one another. The DOJ proposal addresses the points of the FOF and puts checks and balances in after a split-up.
I don't think anyone in their right mind believes the microsoft proposal is locked down tight and would reverse their corporate culture. Unfortunately, I've come to believe members of the general pubilc aren't in their right minds.
This sort of thing already exists in a much better implemented manner. I think it's called Lotus Notes. Groupware. Workflow. Knowledge Management. You know - all those buzzwords you've heard recently from Microsoft, but others have been doing for more than 10 years.