Microsoft has done some scary stuff, but it would all pale in comparison to their acquiring Google. Despite the possibility of a lucrative IPO, Google leadership has at least considered an overture from the evil empire. Fortunately, they seem disinclined, for now. In which case watch for Microsoft to reverse engineer Google technology and incorporate it in the next-gen Longhorn operating system. They won't tolerate an ascendant Google, not with a friendly administration in Washington. Our attorney general is too busy chasing shadows to worry about anti-trust abuses on an historic scale.
Posted by Vernam at October 31, 2003 06:52 AM | TrackBack