'Controlled Burn' of Microsoft May Torch Silicon Valley Says TechCentralStation Columnist.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 Warning that the Justice Department's "Controlled Burn Prescribed or controlled burning (back burning) is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. " of Microsoft may soon spread beyond control and ravage Silicon Valley, James V James V, king of Scotland James V, 1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son and successor of James IV. His mother, Margaret Tudor, held the regency until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus, when she lost it to John . DeLong, Vice-President and General Counsel for the National Legal Center for the Public Interest The National Legal Center for the Public Interest is a US law and educational foundation with a membership of many prominent conservative lawyers. Fred Fielding is the chairman of the foundation. and contributing columnist to TechCentralStation.com (www.TechCentralStation.com), stated that neither the Justice Department nor Judge Jackson seemed to understand the system with which they were tampering. DeLong writes, "If (Bill) Gates and (Warren) Buffet and the people in the business do not fully understand it (the high-tech industry), a safe bet is that Jackson, Klein, and the DOJ's assorted minions understand it even less." DeLong added, "The fire set by this Justice Department could quickly blaze out Verb 1. blaze out - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" blaze take off, start out, set forth, set off, set out, start, depart, part - leave; "The family took off for Florida" of control and torch Silicon Valley, harming investors in the process." DeLong's column earned praise from James K. Glassman, host of TechCentralStation. Throughout the trial, Glassman has been a vocal critic of the Justice Department, continually asserting that Microsoft has done nothing wrong, and that the company has actually benefited consumers in leading the technology revolution. Surveys throughout the trial have shown that consumers have an overwhelmingly favorable view of Microsoft. James Glassman was early to link the sharp decline in the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on (the index has declined by one-third since March) to the government's suit against Microsoft. In the April 25 edition of the Boston Globe, the Boston Globe, The Daily newspaper published in Boston, one of the more influential newspapers in the U.S. Founded in 1872, it was purchased in 1877 by Charles H. Taylor. column "Boston Capital" reported, "James Glassman was the first to pin the blame (for the NASDAQ's decline) on the administration." Other analysts have since followed. Glassman pointed out that, not only has Microsoft's stock price declined but so have the prices of the stocks of Microsoft's toughest antagonists, companies that had expected to benefit from the suit: America Online See AOL. , owner of browser maker Netscape; Sun Microsystems; Red Hat, maker of Linux software, and many others. To read James DeLong's column live and previous commentaries by James K. Glassman, log onto www.TechCentralStation.com. |
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