Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Yesterday I advised people not to open e-mail file attachments. I called them antisocial wasters of bandwidth and time, and potentially dangerous — the latter attribute being obvious in the wake of the ever-morphing worm (AP) that disrupted mail around … Continue reading →

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The government has put forth its recommendation that Microsoft be broken up, and next week Microsoft will respond. You might expect the company to raise a figurative middle finger, as it has done so many times before, but even Microsoft … Continue reading →

Mercury News: $500,000 median home price has strategic implications “When you price at $499,999, people think it’s $400,000, even if it’s only a dollar away (from $500,000),” said Greg Wang, an agent with Realty World Alliance in Milpitas. “It’s just … Continue reading →

The digital divide is real enough. But it strikes me as a problem that is relatively minor next to society’s real troubles. More in my Sunday column. Miami’s News When I arrived in Miami yesterday evening — I’m here to … Continue reading →

If you thought one Microsoft was an antitrust headache and threat to competition in the technology industry, just wait for these two. As expected, the Justice Department and bevy of state attorneys general asked Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to split … Continue reading →

Microsoft’s CEO is not in the mood for compromise with state and federal antitrust officials. He is in the mood to lead the company toward new vistas, and thinks it would be a crime against technology users for Microsoft to … Continue reading →

Needless to say, Steve Ballmer, president and chief executive of Microsoft Corp., doesn’t agree with the column I wrote last Sunday, in which I called for a breakup of Microsoft. Over dinner last night, he defended the company and its … Continue reading →

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The best answer to the Microsoft problem reminds me of the cliché about democracy — it’s the worst political system except for all the others. Breaking up Microsoft is the worst remedy for its ongoing antitrust abuses, except for all … Continue reading →