Stupid Sun, first sues Microsoft over java (because MS has created faster Virtual Machine, and Sun couldn't) and now begs to put java back. Fools!
"It is ironic that we spent three years in litigation with Sun over their attempt to stop us from shipping Java in Windows, and now they are complaining that we are not shipping it by default in Windows XP," said Jim Cullinan, Windows XP lead product manager.
"Sun can't have it both ways," he said. "They don't want Microsoft to have monopolistic control, but at the same time they want them to control their Java. No matter what Microsoft does, Sun is going to try and demonize them."
Sometime five to 10 years from now, your PC's processor likely will run at 20GHz and its hard disk will hold 20 terabytes of data. But beyond being faster and bigger, the PC probably won't be that profoundly different.
Numerous emerging technologies have the potential to influence the future course of PCs, but in the collective opinion of a variety of industry researchers, designers and analysts, PC changes will be adjustments, not radical alterations. PCs might come with a flat screen and a digital pen, but they'll still be used for writing letters, balancing the checkbook, checking e-mail, shopping online, playing games and editing photos.
Bill Gates discusses his last major programming accomplishment, a piece of software named Donkey for IBM's first PC.
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"Oh my gosh, Microsoft? We're not going to sue Microsoft are we?"(i) Thomas Miller, the chairman of the antitrust committee of the attorney general, sentiment's spread throughout United States as the investigation into monopoly like behavior in Microsoft's corporate hierarchy quickly heated in 1997. The lawsuit filed would turn into what some called the trial of the century. The Microsoft trial, effecting technophile and technophobe alike, will challenge the Sherman Act, which for 110 years has kept corporate structures of US companies from becoming too aggressive. However, this law is outdated and does not apply to the software industry which Microsoft is prominent....
Microsoft will soon be offering better privacy and security for online consumers, but at a price: exclusive use--for now--of the company's forthcoming Internet Explorer 6.0 Web browser. Microsoft executives said on Wednesday that the company's Passport authentication service will soon support an emerging privacy standard called Platform for Privacy Preferences, or P3P. The standard is advocated by the World Wide Web Consortium, a Web standards body, and was adopted by Microsoft in June for use in its software. P3P allows Web users to define what types of information they are willing to give, as well as whether they mind sharing that information with outside parties. Internet surfers will receive a warning before visiting sites that go beyond the stated level. P3P is "a good thing, because it establishes a set of standards and guidelines vendors have to comply with" regarding privacy, said David Smith, an analyst with Gartner. "More privacy is always a good thing, and Microsoft is offering more privacy."
Compaq co-founder Rod Canion and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates discuss the first PC clone and licensing MS-DOS for the new computer.
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A source close to government antitrust enforcers said on Thursday they are "highly unlikely'' to ask the courts to halt the release of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows XP operating system. Despite fears that Windows XP could hinder competition in the software business, most state and federal prosecutors oppose the idea of trying to block its scheduled October 25 release because they doubt a judge would grant the request, the source said. A possible injunction against Windows XP has been hanging over Microsoft since a June 28 federal appeals court ruling agreed with the trial court that the company illegally abused its monopoly in personal computer operating systems.
Microsoft has confirmed that some servers running its MSN Hotmail service were infected with a version of the Code Red worm, though it said no personal information was breached. A company representative said Thursday that a number of its servers were brought offline to deal with the problem and that service was not disrupted. Microsoft says about 110 million people have accounts with the free Web-based e-mail service. Also, Thursday, shipping giant FedEx said it suffered isolated problems Wednesday with its servers that it attributed to the Code Red worm.
PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons. While news of a MSN Internet access icon emerged last week, Microsoft spokesman Vivek Varma on Wednesday revealed PC makers could also have to place icons for Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player as well as the Recycle Bin.
The placement of the Windows Media Player icon could create more controversy for Microsoft as it puts the finishing touches on Windows XP. PC makers on Wednesday reported Microsoft told them the company would likely release final--or gold--code on Aug. 22. New Windows XP PCs are expected to go on sale on Sept. 24, about a month before the operating system's official late October launch.
Microsoft is keeping mum amid leaked e-mails and builds suggesting that a final version of its Internet Explorer 6 browser is nearing completion. In an e-mail seen by CNET News.com, the Internet Explorer team called a recent test, or "beta" version of IE 6 "what we expect to be the final build for the Internet Explorer 6 release." The e-mail, to beta testers, requested final comments and suggestions by Aug. 7. Microsoft declined to comment on the e-mail, which was first reported by Beta News. The company also declined to comment on purported leaks of the final IE 6 build, along with leaks of Microsoft's Windows Messenger and Windows Media Player, on the Maximum Reboot Web site.