Message-Id: <10547.111143@fatcity.com> From: "Eric D. Pierce" Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:16:26 -0700 Subject: (Fwd) InternetWeek Newsletter, July 3, 2000 ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:07:47 -0600 To: ERIC PIERCE From: InternetWeek Newsletter Subject: InternetWeek Newsletter, July 3, 2000--WorldCom Won't Give Up On Sprint Merger This is your InternetWeek Newsletter for today, Monday, July 3, 2000. ... ===================================================== * WorldCom Won't Give Up On Sprint Merger * Oracle Isn't The Only One Playing I-Spy * Clinton Makes E-Sigs The Law * Microsoft Buys In To The ASP Game ... ******************************************************************* Oracle Isn't The Only One Playing I-Spy Oracle's admission that it hired a detective agency to investigate Microsoft allies is just the latest of many Spy vs. Spy capers over the years by high-tech players, including Microsoft itself. Like the Mad magazine cartoon characters, companies have historically spied and counterspied on competitors. High-tech is not immune to the trend. When Microsoft decried Oracle's act as "hypocritical and disingenuous," some observers said it protested too much. Industry insiders have long complained privately that Microsoft is no stranger to dirty tricks. For years, software companies, in particular, engaged in industrial espionage. Snooping was characterized as "boys-will-be-boys" exuberance sparked by the hypercompetitive business. Employees of many companies were encouraged to gain any advantage. --Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News Dig up the rest of the dirt: http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20000630S0006 ******************************************************************** ... Copyright 2000 CMP Media Inc. a service of InternetWeek. COMMENTS: ... o Visit our web site @ http://www.internetwk.com o Visit the InternetWeek services page @ ... -------------------------------------------------------------- Distributed by MessageMedia Inc. - http://www.messagemedia.com