... be compared to the views on leadership as expressed by Robert Reich in "The Community as Commodity" when he describes that "The old job of leadership was to make decisions."(207) This worked for a long time throughout history, but by no means would it generate the dividends provided by the new leadership. Unfortunately for the old leadership, new and more competitive leaders ... opportunity to create a better product or service than their competitors. This is most surely how the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" were running business. With personal computers as a fledgling new industry, there...

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... and share its resources. While initially meant for medium-sized computers, the system was soon moved to larger, more powerful mainframe computers. As personal computers grew in popularity, versions of UNIX found their way into these boxes, and a number of companies produce UNIX-based machines for the scientific and programming communities. A major contribution of the UNIX system was its portability, permitting it to move ... and it includes VoiceType Dictation (basically software that allows to speak to your computer), and Internet applications such as Telnet, FTP, and gopher. And last...

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... common practice in the PC industry. Bare knuckles is what it's all about, and has been for a long, long time. Before this assignment I had previously read other books about the history of the Silicon Valley, Netscape, Apple, and the computer industry in general. In every story line the "blood and guts" and "cut throat tactics" theme prevailed. It's just that in this ... and browsers against its Windows and Explorer. Standard Oil made deals with railroad companies and pipelines to ensure the transport of its products to prevent competition, but this is far different in two ways. First, t...

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... it more widely used than all other web servers combined. Proving all the warning and prophecies of the skeptics wrong, Linux has completed a decade of development. Today, Linux is one of the fastest growing operating systems in the history. From a few dedicated fanatics in 1991-92 to millions of general users at present, it is certainly a remarkable journey. The big businesses have 'discovered' Linux, and ... have poured millions of dollars into the development effort, denouncing the anti-business myth of the open-source movement. IBM ... one computer to another on the Internet. Each c...

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Microsoft, manufactures, licenses, and supports a host of software products for a number of computing devices. Their software includes operating systems for "intelligent devices, personal computers and servers; server applications for client/server environments; knowledge worker productivity applications; and software development tools. They also license consumer software programs; sell PC input devices; train and certify system ... specifically, that decisions were "infected with racial and gender bias- (Durham-Vichr, 2001). Within the space of just a few months, Microsoft was faced with tw...

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