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Winning The Bloat War (8/11/99)
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Regular viewers of AtAT are aware that we're moving the show into spacious new studios-- and anyone who's ever moved knows just how much time and energy the whole process can suck up. That's why we're so happy to have faithful viewers like Charles Martin, who decided to pitch in by lightening our AtAT load. He sent us some unsolicited coverage of the "Redmond Justice" findings of fact to make sure that you, our viewing audience, don't miss a thing while we're scurrying around putting stuff in boxes and trying to get major appliances delivered. So without further ado, here's Charles:
According to a Reuters news story by David Lawsky, the case by the government against Microsoft is as good as over. How do we know this? According to Lawsky, "The U.S. government Tuesday argued in an 800-page document that Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust trial proves the software giant illegally abused monopoly power to thwart competitors. A short time later, Microsoft filed a 450-page submission, repeating its arguments that the government failed to prove its case and saying the firm should be exonerated."
So we won! It's as obvious as Bytemarks that the government's document is up to twice as heavy (hmmmm-- that seems so familiar a phrase somehow) as Microsoft's rebuttal. (This may be MS's first-ever loss in the bloat wars; who else but the US government could possibly compete with the Redmond Giant when it comes to sheer bulk?) Therefore, when Judge Jackson weighs the evidence, he's likely to find the government's case far more substantial than Microsoft's, and so it's off to jail with criminal mastermind Bill "Doug" Gates and Steve "Dinsdale" Ballmer. Maybe if they're lucky they'll get the "Cray" twins for cellmates.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/11/99 episode: August 11, 1999: Apple's stock shoots even higher, even without the benefit of a Steve Jobs keynote. Meanwhile, Jason Fox of Foxtrot fame attempts to defect to the Dark Side, and charitable viewer Charles Martin keeps us up to date on the government's virtual lock in the "Redmond Justice" battle...
Other scenes from that episode: 1717: Somebody's Getting Rich (8/11/99) As my dear, sweet grandmother would say, holy yikes! Have you seen Apple's stock price lately? Everyone knows it's been climbing overall since January of last year after it bottomed out at around 12 the month before... 1718: Biting Social Commentary (8/11/99) Uh-oh. If you thought Apple was out of the woods just because they've got seven consecutive profitable quarters racked up, the best-selling consumer computer in the country, and a stock price that's more than quadruple its levels a year and a half ago, you're fooling yourself...
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