While I did not attend the trial-- I was lucky to be able to read your highly amusing and informative dispatches, several of which made me spit up my lunch laughing--it certainly seemed as if the image of Bill Gates took a beating and the insular culture of Microsoft did not look so good. That's ironic, since I think it was just that insularity that helped them, much in the same way that AOL has benefited from being in the Virginia suburbs rather than in Silicon Valley.
I did not attend the trial, but I read your amusing and informative dispatches. It seemed as if Bill Gates took a beating and the insular culture of Microsoft did not look good. That's ironic since their insularity is what helped them, the same way AOL benefitted from being in Virginia instead of Silicon Valley.