New York suit against Microsoft can continue.... Yes, ANOTHER lawsuit against Microsoft.... Same old, same old. It alleges deceptive and monopolistic business practices. The suit "contends Microsoft violated section 349 of the state's general business code. That section prohibits 'deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any business, trade or commerce' and lets private individuals sue for damages and attorney's fees. It was filed by the law firm of Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, & Schulman. Y'know, secret agreements to throttle competition, application barriers that harmed competitors...
Look... You got a guy, any guy, YOU even. He starts a business. His goal, hopefully, is to make money, a LOT of money. To do that, he doesn't make it easy for his competitors to compete with him. That's called business. Okay, he doesn't go out and shoot people and blow up things, but if he wants to make a gizmo that only his widget will work with, that's business, and that's a big roll of the dice also. If there's a better widget out there, his potential customers will gravitate toward the better widget and whatever gizmo it works with. The guy's going to lose his shirt and go out of business. If there isn't a better widget out there, the guy shouldn't be forced to make a crappy gizmo so other people's widgets will work with it.
We have to get off this lazy Susan we're on. It's okay for a business to make a profit, it's wrong for a government to make a profit (i.e., surplus), not the other way around. # Permalink
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Does ASUS have a SATA problem? A reader has written in to note that after his fourth 250GB SATA drive died while tied to his ASUS P4C800 motherboard, Maxtor has advised him that there is a problem with the SATA electronics on the board when using 250GB drives and has strongly suggested he acquire a PCI SATA card prior to installing the new drive. Film at 11:00.... # Permalink
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Dell did what? You know Dell, low and mid range computers for the masses, direct sales, advertises a lot in Computer Shopper... So what the heck is it doing releasing a 4-way Itanium server? Probably making money. The PowerEdge 7250 is, “specifically designed for customers that require the ultimate performance and scalability—and these customers know better than to pay the price of proprietary platforms.” It's Dell's top of the line server and, best of all, customer support for Dell's business equipment isn't being handled offshore. # Permalink
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AMD Goes down... ...and this time without Eric Clapton. "The AMD Sempron processor family is expected to redefine everyday computing for today's value-conscious buyers of desktop and notebook PCs." Okay, so they're barking up the Celeron tree and this new CPU will bring the AMD stable to Athlon XP, Athlon64, and Sempron. There aren't any real details until the fall so I'm not going to start making "Simpering CPU" comments (like my Intel Celery jibes) until after the data's on the table --even though that's what the spellchecker wants to use to replace Sempron. One thing to keep in mind, targeted CPUs may live on but they're often not beneficial, just money bins. We'll wait and see. # Permalink
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Click this.... You are encouraged to read through US Patent number 6,727,830. The patent was granted to Microsoft. It gives the company a chance to collect royalties based on mouse click schemes. This is very, very, very sick. If you think about it, the patent could cover PDAs, cell phones, wireless phones, and a host of other "limited resource computing devices." Pardon me, I really need to go vomit. # Permalink
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