A virus got you down? Who you gonna call?
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Computer viruses and the anti-virus software industry are growing quickly, in part as a result of the Internet. Approximately 8,000 computer viruses are know to exist, of which only a few hundred are operating 'in the wild' at a given time. Of those, about a third are intended to do mischief. Several hundred computer industry workers fight viruses, analyzing them and writing disinfectant code. Virus developers, most of whom are adolescent boys, continually find new approaches that make for difficult-to-defuse viruses. The most prevalent virus is the Concept virus, commonly spread through email, that attacks Microsoft Word documents. The two most popular anti-virus programs are Symantec's Norton Antivirus and McAfee's Viruscan. Anti-virus software accounted for $40 million in sales in 1995 but could reach $152 million in 1996.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Calling in experts to fix Microsoft if it's broken
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As the antitrust trial of Microsoft Corp. draws closer to its end, government regulators are considering what actions to recommend to the courts should they win as expected. Choices range from the imposition on the company of behavioural remedies constraining it from anticompetitive business practices, to compelling Microsoft to license its software, to alternatives involving the breakup of Microsoft into one or more companies. Because of the software company's economic importance, all choices entail economic risk. The Justice Department has hired a number of economists to study the problem, including Stanford's Timothy Bresnahan. Microsoft continues to insist that they will win the case.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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Depth of rift over software is disclosed; In the end, Microsoft reconciled with Intel
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The Department of Justice's investigation into Microsoft's allegedly monopolistic business practices revels how the software giant and the Intel Corp. repaired strained relations over the latter's development of "native signal proccessing". The Justice Department cites this as an example of Microsoft leveraging its market dominance to stifle innovation that threatened the dominance of Windows '95. Microsoft counters that it was simply a case of convincing a business partner to adandon a misguided technology. The court disclosures offer insight into the nature of deal making in the high technology industry.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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