Dave Winer: Microsoft

Dave Jacobs on the phone. "Oh no not again," he says. He watched the Gates video, they did 802.11a detachable screen thing, and a second product, a wireless remote control, which is running Windows XP, which is kind of a mindbomb. Microsoft promises the vision we outlined in the Apple piece. The screen is also running XP. 802.11a is fast enough for video. Key point. He calls the new iMac a Cube with a haircut. "I want one," he says. "It's a beautiful design."

Brian Hughes: "The MSIE problem is actually worse that it appears. Not only does it refuse to release the processor in any kind of cooperative manner, you can actually run into a situation where it will lock up your whole machine."

Gates: Ich Bin ein New Yorker. Microsoft chief Bill Gates will unveil XP, the much-awaited Windows operating system, in the Bruised Apple -- with a free concert featuring Sting, free software for schools, private and public parties and more. Michelle Delio reports from New York.

NY Times: "Microsoft's pitch to developers is greatly weakened because of [the antitrust conviction]," said Dave Winer, co-author of SOAP and chief executive of UserLand, a developer of Web tools. "Microsoft's only vision is lock-in."

Economist: "Windows XP is the first consumer version of the 15-year-old program in which crashing does not seem to come as a standard feature."

ZDNet: "The fierce battle between Microsoft's powerful Office team and its fledgling NetDocs challenger is over, with the company's top brass christening Office the winner."

Sun and Microsoft sittin in a tree. A-R-G-U-I-N-G.

BusinessWeek: Crossgain vs Microsoft.

MS details Jump-off point for Windows Java dev. But its Not There yet, as we used to say about something else...

Microsoft: Silence of the Flaks. Microsoft has built a reputation for dominating the software and Internet markets, but it also has an equally strong reputation for not being forthcoming when calamity strikes. Such was the case this week with its website failures. By Michelle Delio.

Wired: "Just when Microsoft thought its Web server woes were resolved, they returned."

MS Failure: Geeks Lose Their Site. It wasn't quite hell that broke loose when Microsoft's main website went down, but some developers were at a loss for answers when they couldn't access the MS Knowledge Base. By Farhad Manjoo.

Shut Windows Leave Geeks Blind. It wasn't quite hell that broke loose when Microsoft's main website went down, but some developers were at a loss for answers when they couldn't access the MS Knowledge Base. By Farhad Manjoo.

Paul Andrews: "What a wimpy way to end the Java lawsuit."

Wired News: MS Profits Meet Forecasts. Microsoft reports quarterly earnings that are pretty much in line with Wall Street's lowered expectations. But the company is cautious about the near future.

Joel on Microsoft non-competes. "I signed such a contract at Microsoft without paying too much attention. When I left, I realized that because Microsoft has a finger in everything related to software, technically I could not work in my field at all for 12 months after leaving Microsoft."

Robert Scoble: "I'm playing with Whistler at home."

Mary Jo Foley: Web services, few actually deliver. "Are the industry leaders onto a hot trend? Or are the emperors parading around without clothes?"

Interactive Week: Peer Pressure. "I don't think Microsoft cares about 'providing leadership' so much as becoming a player over time," said Clay Shirky, partner at investment firm Accelerator Group, who has been monitoring P2P companies. "At a guess, Microsoft will buy whoever's good when the smoke starts clearing."