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Thank You for your Article on ZERO Degrees
Dear Jai:
Very simple words for a very complex subject.
Thanks,
CAB
http://www.news.com/Perspectives/Column/0,176,182,00.html
> Zero degrees of Bill Gates by JAI SINGH
>
> May 1, 1998
>
> You've probably heard of or played the Six
> Degrees of Kevin Bacon game--the premise of
> which is that there is some connection between the
> actor and everyone who has been in the movies in
> the last 15 years.
>
> News events this week led me to believe that
> someone somewhere has got to be devising a
> version of this game for the computer industry. This
> one, of course, would be called "Zero Degrees of
> Bill Gates."
>
> On Wednesday, two companies made major
> announcements about the strategic direction of their
> business. Borland International, which made its
> name selling programming tools, is basically
> reinventing itself. (See related story) In fact,
> Borland as a company is no more: It will from now
> on be known as "Inprise."
>
> NetChannel, on the other hand, decided to shutter
> its fledgling Internet-via-TV service and is "revising"
> its business plans. (See related story)
>
> On the surface, the two companies couldn't be
> further apart in their history or business mission.
> One would assume that there is no connection
> between Borland and NetChannel, save the fact
> that they both made public their new fates on the
> same day.
>
> But as is increasingly the case in the industry, when
> there is news (good or bad), Microsoft is somehow
> connected to it. In effect, it's the straw that stirs the
> drink.
>
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