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Beast Tallies
For the period
January-April 2000
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HA, HA!
Hotmail: failed to authenticate
Californians get to keep $400 MSN refund
Chinese gov't bars Win2K
Win2K crashes Oklahoma courts
Citroen ("lemon") makes WinCE cars
Quits SIIA, because group supports DOJ
IE5 patch keeps W2K users from logging in
Accidental free dist. of 100,000 copies of
unlocked Win2K in Spain
Next version of Windows 2000 posted to Net
COURTROOM FOLLIES
Couldn't stop DOJ special advisor appt.
Couldn't stop temps from buying cheap stock
Settles Caldera's monopoly suit
Can't ship polluted Java
EU investigating Win2K
Loses Kenya piracy case
Loses Korea trademark case
Loses ruling on independently developing Java
Found guilty of violating Sherman Antitrust Act
SECURITY LEAKS
WebTV email hacked
MS Taiwan web site hacked
Win2K pre-release leaks
NT4 Recycle Bin security leak
IE redirect security leak
Windows Media Services
Crash Windows thru Web, Outlook using CON
VIRUSES/WORMS
Win2K pre-release virus
W2K.Infis.4608
Pretty.worm.unp
Win32/Melting.worm
WebTV newsgroup virus
911
BOUGHT
NorthPoint Communications, DSL lines
Nvidia, $200M worth of X-Box development
VacationSpot.com ($71M) *
Travelscape.com ($82M) *
Peach Networks ($?)
Tuttle Decision Systems Inc ($?)
Juha Christensen, Symbian exec
BIRTHED
HomeAdvisor.com
LICENSED
FastLane Technologies, NetWare to Win2K
INVESTMENTS
Digex ($50M)
VerticalNet ($100M)
Intertainer ($56M)
CompUSA (10%)
Avanex ($5M)
Yam Digital Technology, Taiwan ($?)
Keen.com ($?)
Itran Comm. ($?)
Gilat Satellite Networks (26%)
BroadBand Office ($25M)
Divine InterVentures ($25M)
MyPlant.com ($?)
Radiant Systems (10%)
Avanade ($385M), with Andersen Consulting
RealNames (20%)
Interliant ($10M)
NextVenue ($?)
"PARTNERS"
Barnes & Noble
Philips
Thomson Consumer Electronics
Liquid Audio
Data General
KPMG Consulting
Fisher-Price (IntelliTable)
Software AG (mainframe/Win2K link)
Intel (networking box)
NDS Group PLC
Freddie Mac **
Chase Manhattan Bank **
Wells Fargo **
GMAC-Residential Funding Corp. **
Bank of America **
Norwest Mortgage Inc. **
H&R Block
Telmex (T1msn.com)
IBM - Netfinity box
BT, AT&T - wireless
Comdisco
MILKED & DUMPED
SCO
GENERAL TRICKERY
Windows CE becomes "Windows Powered"
Gates CEO becomes "architect powered"
MS caught cheating on ZD W2K/NT4 speed test
MS Germany employee admits destroying email
Dump temps after 1 year rather than give benefits
Cons Sega into using WinCE, then releases X-Box
Proprietary changes to open standard Kerberos
Promises "open standards" with high-speed wireless
Promises "open standards" with RealNames
Supplied inaccurate list to NY lobby commission
LIES
"Convergence is not having fewer companies that own everything" (Gates)
"We're not sitting around thinking 'Jeez, can we buy an entertainment company?'" (Gates)
"Sun is trying to prevent Microsoft and third parties from developing technology that
competes with Sun." (Jim Cullinan, MS spokesdroid)
Ballmer saying that while MS does offer content on their site, they're
still not a media company, nor do they plan on buying up stuff to compete with
AOL Time Warner.
Allchin saying the posting of Windows 2000 follow-up was just a press ruse.
*Via Expedia, an MS spin-off.
**Investors in MS's HomeAdvisor.com.
