Cringely seems to have an impression of MuSoft even lower than mine ...
PBS | I, Cringely . December 22, 2005 - Tough Love
"Why didn't AOL do a deal with Microsoft, which, after all, has more money than anyone and could easily have written a check of almost any size to make it happen? The boys and girls of AOL awoke one day and realized who'd soon be lying next to them, and it was just too creepy. Remember, these are two companies that were not that long ago opposing each other in an anti-trust case that was based on the simple idea that Microsoft wanted AOL and its Netscape subsidiary to die, and did a lot to make that happen. That kind of memory is hard to shake off even if Microsoft did pay a $750 million settlement. Just because blood money is paid doesn't mean there remains no memory of the bleeding."
"Why didn't AOL do a deal with Microsoft, which, after all, has more money than anyone and could easily have written a check of almost any size to make it happen? The boys and girls of AOL awoke one day and realized who'd soon be lying next to them, and it was just too creepy. Remember, these are two companies that were not that long ago opposing each other in an anti-trust case that was based on the simple idea that Microsoft wanted AOL and its Netscape subsidiary to die, and did a lot to make that happen. That kind of memory is hard to shake off even if Microsoft did pay a $750 million settlement. Just because blood money is paid doesn't mean there remains no memory of the bleeding."
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