Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Antitrust Biting Oracle; Hypocrisy Ascendant? In announcing and defending the Microsoft sellout, Ashcroft, who is carrying out President Bush's policy, has used high-sounding policy principles as his motive even though there plainly were political reasons as well. For them to now discover the virtues of antitrust would look like a totally political move with overtones of retribution -- hardly the first time from this crowd, of course. But no one should believe they've suddenly discovered that it's a good idea to have a serious competition policy for the technology industry. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 4:01:56 PM

Microsoft: Oops! We Did It Again Six months after researchers warned Microsoft about critical security flaws in Windows, the software company alerts users to the problem and offers a patch on its website. One researcher calls the delay 'just totally unacceptable.' [Wired News] 3:55:28 PM

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