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BYTE.com > Vox Populi > 1999 > August

August

Microsoft Is Right!

Eric Raymond

In the battle for Instant Messenger open source, the Redmond giant has an ally - open source Promulgator Eric Raymond.

Al Gore Created The Internet?

Robert Frantz

What did Al Gore say and what did he mean?

Proprietary Software Is Endemic!

Herbert Sommerer

Herbert M. Sommerer makes the case that the eventual triumph of open source software is a simple matter of evolution.

Intuit Muffs Online Sales

Richard Hoffman

April 15 appears to have caught Intuit by surprise.

Two Digits

Lee Ratzan

A story of Y2K consulting, trojan horses, coffee, and a teletype machine.

Fewer Bells And Whistles

Bob Frantz and Bob Kuczewski

One reader says QBasic is as good as C for the file-splitting application. Bob Frantz respectfully disagrees.

Open Source Trademark Application Lapses

Eric Raymond

With the lapsing of OSI's trademark application, many people have expressed concern that the phrase "open source" might be trademarked by some party hostile to the open source community. Eric Raymond says it's unlikely.

Too Hard On Microsoft?

Robert Staff

Did Microsoft competitors make business mistakes? Yes.



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