[Microsoft argues that customers pay more for OSes now because they get more: Win 9x is more feature-rich than Win 3.x.] Windows 95 was a quantum leap in terms of features, ... The cost of the plastic and the keyboard has dropped, but the cost of hiring programmers has gone up. |
[Overview: Peekskill should be more competitive this year thanks to the addition of assistant coach Nat Middleton, a former head coach at New Rochelle who was an assistant under Tony DeMatteo at Somers for the past six seasons.] He's revamped the whole program, ... The biggest change is attitude. These guys feel they can win and they're working hard at it. |
All our products undergo hundreds of hours of testing before they are ever released to consumers. |
Cellini collaborated with his two bosses to just mail in certificates to the state that said they were certified and trained when in fact they were not. |
derail hundreds of millions of dollars of business. Not by Microsoft, but companies unrelated to Microsoft. |
Despite our views to the contrary, in the current U.S. health-care system, we make decisions like this every day. |
I can't speculate on what the government is thinking. |
I think the factual record is going to show very clearly that Microsoft's prices are actually lower than most of our major competitors. Lower than IBM , lower than the Macintosh operating system. In fact, the judge's own findings of fact said that IBM charges 2 1/2 times as much as Microsoft charges for Windows '98. So it's very hard to see how this case has any merit whatsoever. |
I think this is just a remarkable black eye for Oracle. |
If the goal (of the hearing) was to get an objective understanding of the software industry, there are plenty of industry analysts who could have provided a more objective point of view than five of Microsoft's direct competitors. |
If we ever stop innovating we will quickly be passed by other companies in this industry, and that's why Microsoft invests over $3 billion a year in research and development to continually improve our products for consumers. |
If you do take the time to read through the document, it will provide a road map to Microsoft's arguments in refuting the case. |
In bringing the suit, we believe the government has made a choice that's not in the best interest of consumers. We believe consumers would be better served if Microsoft could get back to technology and better serving consumers. |
In the course of making this review we decided it didn't make any sense to make changes in our policy in Europe and not in the United States, |
It doesn't do us any good to hide our head in the sand with regard to what is hazardous. The manufacturers of these devices need to take responsibility for phasing out the use of toxic materials and for taking back their devices. |