IP: Microsoft[0] and Microsoft[1]

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I believe andy has it right djf
> From: "Andy Oram" <andyo () oreilly com>
> To: "\"Dave Farber\"" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> (For IP list, if you find it interesting.)
>
>
> While I wouldn't trust an investment analyst with a piece of play money from
> a Monopoly set, it's interesting what they're saying about the prospects of
> Microsoft[0] and Microsoft[1] should the company be broken up:
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> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2031629.html
> Microsoft investors face split decision
>
> The gist is that they'd put their money on the applications company and let
> the operating system company shrivel up. Wasn't Windows 2000 supposed to be
> a great platform?
>
> I can't help mentioning my own article, at the end of which I speculate on
> what could have happened if Jackson had pushed through his proposed
> three-way split:
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> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/06/01/outbox.html
> Thinking Outside the Outbox
>
> Andy