Microsoft, Iowa antitrust case

Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 by in Software

Some of the text from this case makes for interesting reading. Seems the “bribe” allegations against some industry analysts have been substantiated.

I often wondered how those crazy software comparisons were justified in a journalistic sense.

Analysts are people who are paid to take a stand, while always trying to appear to be disinterested observers (since the appearance of independence maximizes the price they can charge for selling out). Treat them as you would treat nuclear weapons — as an important part of your arsenal, which you want to keep out of the hands of the enemy. (Bribe) Hire them to produce “studies” that “prove” that your technology is superior to the enemy’s, and that it is gaining momentum faster.

Read the pdf here

This PDF includes a memo written in 1997 by James Plamondon, a Microsoft technical evangelist.

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