Cringely on Paul Allen, and will Iowa take MS down?
My reason for bringing up this topic at this time is because it will all shortly be back in the news as Microsoft goes to court later this year in what might well be its last-ever anti-trust trial. Remember those 19 states and the District of Columbia that settled over time for software vouchers and promises from Microsoft to no longer do evil? Well only Iowa remains, represented by a lady lawyer from Des Moines named Roxanne Conlin whom I have met. Roxanne is not in any way impressed with Microsoft vouchers, no matter how many there are. Looking for real money for the people of Iowa, Ms. Conlin is about to dredge-up all this old news and put a new spin on it.
Based purely on character (or lack of it), I confidently predict that Microsoft is going down. It should be interesting.
I thought all the states settled.... Oh well, it'll be another distraction for Redmond just when they're trying to finish up Longhorn and when they're trying to push the XBox before the PS3 arrives. It should indeed be interesting.
Cheers,
Scott.