I thought it was sold to WebMD and at the time MS was only rumored to be tied to WebMD? I know healtheon merged with wmd...
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I've mentioned it before, but you aught to read a book > called The New New. Sorry, can't remember the author. But you get the idea > that these collusion's by competitors you speak of were brought on by MS's > actions themselves. The book mainly centers around Jim Clark and Netscape > and his new start up at the time, Healtheon. Even though Netscape won the > fight, so to speak, Jim Clark wasn't going through that crap again. So he > created Healtheon, took it public and the stock value went through the roof. > He immediately turned around and sold it to MS. I thought it was a great way > to in a sense flip MS the bird. > > > Jeff Miles > [email protected] > > Join my Mafia > http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 > > > On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > > "This is textbook Microsoft," the source adds. "Microsoft has got some >>> of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington." >>> >> >> Textbook? Hardly. >> >> MS didn't have any lobbyists until they were sued by the DOJ in the 90's >> in >> collusion with MS competitors whose lobbyists were deep in the system. >> Now >> MS plays the game. >> >> Congrats. >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
