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Taking on Ralph (11/16/97)
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Ralph Nader's anti-Microsoft Cavalcade of Stars wrapped up last Friday, and only time will tell if it made a whit of difference. In the meantime, you can read Microsoft's letter to Ralph in response to his conference. In it, Bob Herbold (Microsoft's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer) suggests that "Your conference this week in Washington, D.C., 'Appraising Microsoft and Its Global Strategy,' might more appropriately be entitled 'Microsoft: A Conclave of Critics.'"

We like it! How about for next year's shindig?

To be fair, Bob makes some very interesting points in his letter. While we don't necessarily agree with his stance that Ralph's just helping Microsoft's competitors enlist the help of the government because they can't compete on their own, he took the time to write a long, detailed, and well-thought-out defense. We suggest you take a look, at the very least to get a sense of Microsoft's strategy in fighting the "anti-competitive" charges.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/16/97 episode:

November 16, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 184: Carnage at Moscone (11/16/97)   My oh my, the fur may fly, if what Mac the Knife's saying is true. It appears that an unspecified "leading manufacturer of Wintel systems" is planning to have a booth at January's MacWorld Expo in San Francisco...

  • 185: Katie Cotton, Say Nay (11/16/97)   A recent Techweb article on the rumored deal between Apple and Oracle-- said to have fallen through at the last minute, thus explaining the extremely short media circus on the 10th, which left many asking, "Is that all?"-- quotes Apple corporate PR manager Katie Cotton as saying that "[Apple] made the announcements we intended to make...

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