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Back during the Microsoft antitrust trial, there was talk of breaking them up into two companies, Apps and Systems. And I thought, really? Now you'll just have
by Zanni 8y ago
Back during the Microsoft antitrust trial, there was talk of breaking them up into two companies, Apps and Systems. And I thought, really? Now you'll just have two companies--smaller, nimbler, hungrier, that don't compete with each other. Or, as jwz might say, "Now you have two problems."
- joejerryronnie 8y agoI remember a cartoon at that time. The first pane was titled “Microsoft before the breakup”, and it was a picture of a big, mean, nasty octopus. The second pane was titled “Microsoft after the breakup”, and it was a picture of two big, mean, nasty octopi.