Three years ago, Liberate Technologies surged to fame as the proxy for Larry Ellison's ambition to disrupt Microsoft's control of consumer software. The company's CEO, Mitchell Kertzman, preached more eloquently than anyone in the valley for technology unfettered by Redmond.
Today, Liberate is a husk of its former self, battered by accounting irregularities, the firing of its chief operating officer, and the desertion of key investors.
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