Microsoft's crown jewels
Antitrust trials and internal memos leaked to the Web give the first glimpse of how Microsoft maintains a hammerlock on software APIs, and paint Linux and Java as its most serious threats yet.
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 Antitrust trials and internal memos leaked to the Web give the first glimpse of how Redmond maintains a hammerlock on APIs, and paint Java and Linux as the giant's most serious threats yet.
By News.com staff Platform ploys in the public eye Jinxed by Java Linux--Achilles' heel? The ones that got away • Microsoft's day in court November 30, 1998 • Sun wins injunction against Microsoft November 18, 1998 • Microsoft memo touts Linux November 5, 1998 • Microsoft memo points to Linux threat November 3, 1998 • Microsoft: Linux a threat to NT November 2, 1998 • Microsoft's inActiveX February, 19 1998 |
"Microsoft has been more influential as a de facto standard setter than
most standards organizations have been."
The strategy was to lock Java developers into Windows, in what one executive called a "Trojan horse." |