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IBM, Microsoft plot Net takeover | |
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| Time: 09:44 EST/14:44 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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IBM and Microsoft have been quietly busy behind the scenes for the last two years building a toll booth that could position the two companies to collect royalties on most if not all Internet traffic. While the technologies that form the foundation of that toll booth have yet to be officially recognized as standards by an independent standards body, the collective strength of IBM and Microsoft could be enough to render Internet standards consortia powerless to stop them. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 4/15/2002 10:26:33 AM |
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The article starts off with the words 'that could position'... Meaning, IBM and Microsoft haven't done this, and they don't seem to say they will do it, but they could do it, if they were as evil as we say they are.
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| #2 By 20 (68.53.242.24) at 4/15/2002 12:04:14 PM |
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Minkies? What's a minky?
I think someone should write a story about how ZDNet, CNet, and The Register are trying to take over honest unbiased journalism. |
| #3 By 2960 (156.80.64.135) at 4/15/2002 1:27:03 PM |
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#6,
What is a Minkie ? Should we duck ? IU |
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