Rodrigo Costa has headed Microsoft's most powerful and profitable unit for the past two years. What's this mystery have to say on negotiation tactics, Linux, SP2 and other hot buttons? Read on. Not so long ago, Microsoft Corp.'s OEM division was seen as the dark heart of the "Evil Empire." During the Department of Justice vs. Microsoft antitrust trial that dragged on throughout much of the 1990s, the business practices of Microsoft's OEM unit and its then-chief Joachim Kempin came under tough scrutiny. When the government declared that Microsoft was guilty of abusing its Windows desktop monopoly, the OEM unit was ordered to change its modus operandi.
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