11th August 1998 Archive

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Microsoft moves to have case thrown out

Probably without a great deal of success at this juncture...

Microsoft yesterday asked for the Department of Justice (DoJ) antitrust suit to be thrown out or narrowed. The move, which has been expected since last week, was made at the same time as the company filed its response to the suit, but seems unlikely to make much headway. Microsoft argues that, as the same court's earlier …

Business 11 Aug 1998, 10:08
Novell gears-up for big NetWare 5 push

With NT 5 still to ship, the company's going to make a lot of noise

Novell's big NetWare 5 assault will commence on 20 September, when the company says it will start shipping the latest version of the OS. The company will be pushing hard to take advantage of the lack of competition from NT - beta 2 of NT 5.0 is due to be out by then, but shipping product from Microsoft could still easily slip to …

Business 11 Aug 1998, 10:17
Gates and Allen to raise $350 million in petty cash

Just diversifying, says Bill, but he'll have to sell faster than this...

Bill Gates and Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, have filed forms to sell small but intensely valuable slices of their shares in the company. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that insiders file notification of their intention to sell, although they don't actually have to complete the deal. Gates will …

Business 11 Aug 1998, 10:19
Sun offers Solaris for free

'Non-commercial' users to benefit, but it's nothing to do with Linux

Sun is to offer its Solaris operating system free for "non-commercial" use, the company said yesterday. Sun's version of Unix is already heavily-discounted for educational customers, but the latest move seems to represent a determined effort to expand use into other markets. This is the route Linux, the freeware Unix …

Business 11 Aug 1998, 10:20
Apple sees early success for iMac

But it needs to sustain high order rates if the product's to be a winner

Apple's gamble on customers being ready to buy machines that look different appears to be working so far - the company yesterday said it had received over 150,000 orders for its new iMac in the past week. The all-in-one semi-translucent machine is due to ship on Saturday, and although its $1,299 price tag doesn't reach the sub-$ …

Business 11 Aug 1998, 10:21