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World War 3.0 - Thumbs Up!
Spent the past two days working primarily on the revamped DV Web site. Just this morning got some good comments from the CEO of the firm, so things are green light on the project as a whole. While churning out code, spent my time listening to an audiobook of Ken Auletta's "World War 3.0 : Microsoft and Its Enemies". An impressive piece of court-room journalism on the case of US vs Microsoft, written by an author who reveals an impressive depth of knowledge not just about the case in the course of the book, but offers an interesting portrait of many of the case's principle players, including Judge Thomas Jackson, prosecuting attorney David Boise and of course Mr. Gates. He also looks at the way the media was reporting things, providing a good perspective not only on how things got reported (and the spin applied to them) but why they were reported that way. A fascinating study, and anybody interested in the Microsoft antitrust case will find it illuminating. Especially interesting is a behind-the-scenes look at the efforts of mediator Judge Richard Posner that got Microsoft to make significant concessions, but the deal was ultimately scuppered by various squabbling State Attorneys General. Of course, since the fate of Microsoft has yet to be decided, the book feels oddly incomplete. Yet it makes for very interesting reading (or in my case, listening). My bookshelves are getting pretty full, so I think I will end up sending it as a gift to a lawyer friend of mine.