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Next Up: Fistfights? (1/13/98)
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Uh-oh, sounds like everyone's patience is wearing thin in today's episode of "Redmond Justice." Just check out this Reuters story which paints an ugly picture of tensions running high. Reading that Judge Jackson "sharply disagreed" with Microsoft's lawyer Richard Urowsky sounds, at best, euphemistic. The judge is evidently getting tired of Microsoft's claims that they were "just following orders" when they crippled Windows 95 by tearing out Internet Explorer, DLL's and all. Microsoft says they simply did what the government had requested, but the judge countered that "what the government requested is not the same as what I ordered." Urowsky's reply was a simple "I beg to differ with you." The judge finally asked if it ever occurred to Microsoft to ask for clarification of the order, to which Urowsky replied, "We gave very careful consideration of that--" but instead they just filed an appeal.
Philip Malone, the lawyer for the Department of Justice, wisely stayed out of the heated debate as much as possible, and maintained his view that Microsoft took an "extreme and illogical course" in ripping IE out of Windows 95 in a manner that would cripple the OS. He makes the excellent point that removing almost any application in that manner (including applications made by companies other than Microsoft, which argues heavily against the "integrated feature" excuse) would render the OS unusable.
The hearing is probably only going to last another day or two, so we're wondering just how much higher tensions can escalate before somebody whips out the knuckle-dusters.
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Other scenes from that episode: 354: Endangered Species (1/13/98) UMAX is the only remaining survivor of the Great Clone Wars, but they may not linger much longer. According to Computer Reseller News, their Mac OS licensing deal expires in July, and rumor has it that talks to renew the agreement aren't going as well as they could be... 356: We LIKE Passive (1/13/98) And while we're speaking of Internet Explorer, one big feature in the current Windows version that doesn't exist on the Mac is the "Active Desktop," which reportedly turns one's entire desktop into a big ol' "internet-ready container," according to Webintosh-- but they say that Mac users may not have to wait much longer for that feature...
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