__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Thursday 01 March 2007 11:03 \__
> - original message -
> From: Bill Gates
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 10:34 AM
> To: Paul Maritz; Brad Sliverberg
> Cc: Nathan Myhrvold; Aaron Contorer; Jim Aichin (Exchange); John Ludwig;
> Richard Fade; Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
> Subject HTML "Openness"
[...]
> I reconcile this with our statements about HTML by saying that we need
> to have "tags" that we view as Office/Windows/Microsoft specific.
Related to an E-mail from the following year:
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1989 9:44 AM [1998]
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
So, Gates is essentially suggesting breaking rival software by introducing an
equivalent of hidden APIs and proprietary stuff like Active X control.
Criminals?
Comes v. MS Antitrust Trial Begins in Iowa
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| Here's part of what Allchin said about how to deal with the competitive
| threat from Novell then:
|
| "We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger....If you're
| going to kill someone, there isn't much reason to get all worked up
| about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions
| beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while
| we pull the trigger."
|
| [...]
|
| Conlin used a variety of computer-generated illustrations,
| including one that showed 15 icons, each representing what she
| said was an illegal action taken by Microsoft in pursuit of its
| bid to become and remain a monopoly. The icons had titles like
| "exclusionary contract," "technical sabotage," "buying out the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| competitition"...
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Africa: 'Microsoft is Imperialistic' Says Open Source Advocates
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| Microsoft Corporation's products have been locked out of the
| on-going World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi Kenya.
|
| [...]
|
| "The open source movement is providing Linux, a robust free
| software. Everybody owns it and it can be shared. And this
| is what WSF is all about - a free society, a movement
| fighting for ownership of free resources" he adds.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200701230831.html
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