{"id":1338,"date":"2002-01-22T20:05:52","date_gmt":"2002-01-23T01:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2002-01-22T20:05:52","modified_gmt":"2002-01-23T01:05:52","slug":"what_is_the_sou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/22\/what_is_the_sou.html","title":{"rendered":"What is the sound of the other shoe dropping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

AOL Time Warner has filed suit against Micro$oft<\/a>, seeking damages for its illegal monopolistic practices and the damage it did to Netscape (which AOL bought back in ’99).<\/p>\n

Since the basic facts of the case have already been ruled on in Federal court, AOL-T-W will likely have as easy a time of it as anyone might have suing The Beast of Redmond.<\/p>\n

Quoth the Beast: <\/p>\n

Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said the company had not reviewed the Netscape lawsuit and could not comment on specific allegations but added: “AOL purchased Netscape for $10 billion, now AOL wants to blame Microsoft for Netscape and AOL’s own mismanagement.”<\/p>\n

Of course, while my dislike of Micro$oft is not in question, I’m not exactly a fan of AOL, nor am I particularly interested in replacing one Tyrannical Computer Industry Monolith with another.<\/p>\n

But as long as they’re willing to spend a lot of effort shooting at each other, rather than us ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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