Microsoft sticks by its tactics despite uproar
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Microsoft Chmn Bill Gates faces a broader attack from government lawyers and rivals, but is showing no signs of changing his habit of using one market as a launching pad to another. This practice has fueled much of the uproar, while expanding Microsoft's leverage in the software industry. Despite the accusations of competitors, Gates and other top-tier Microsoft officials say that creating links between applications and the company's operating systems is both ethical and useful. Microsoft's upcoming Windows 95 operating system includes features that rivals sell as separate products, such as games and built-in software for the Internet. Windows 95 also features a linkup to the company's new Microsoft Network online service. Microsoft currently faces an antitrust suit, filed by the Dept of Justice, which alleges Microsoft's proposed $2.1 billion buyout of Intuit would constitute an unfair market advantage in the emerging electronic commerce field.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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Novell Nouveau; software firm fights to remake business after ill-fated merger; acquisition of WordPerfect hobbled network giant, and Microsoft is gaining; problem is finding a taker
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Novell CEO Robert Frankenberg faces formidable obstacles in his attempt to restore Novell's profitability and market strength after the company's misguided acquisition of WordPerfect. Microsoft's increasing market domination appears to be the most difficult hurdle, but the company must also overcome fierce clashes between WordPerfect and Novell staffs. Novell is presently attempting to divest itself of WordPerfect, but the company is only expected to receive a fraction of its original purchase price. The failed merger is a prime example of the importance of smoothly combining existing personnel after company acquisitions. However, Novell retains a healthy 15% profit margin, and the networking industry's desire for a viable alternative to Microsoft products is expected to provide Novell with the leverage it needs to regroup.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1996
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As Steven Jobs reaches a milestone, his enterprises show new maturity
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Next Computer Inc is making a financial turnaround and company founder Steven Jobs says that the company is the leader in the object-oriented software development applications market. Jobs is turning 40 and is announcing that Next will make versions of its software available for two operating systems produced by Microsoft. Next also reported its first annual profit in 1994 after being considered an industry failure by many analysts. Jobs says that his company now leads the object market but competitors say that he is exaggerating the company's position and that similar object tools from other companies will soon be available on more operating systems than Next. In 1994, Next tripled its sales revenues from $14.3 million in 1993 to $49.6 million. Net income for 1994 was $1 million.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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