Scott Rosenberg argues today that what ultimately lost the trial for Microsoft is their smarmy attitude and reckless disregard for the truth. Ironically, Microsoft has the same problem as Braves’ pitcher John Rocker. Their steadfast refusal to recognize or admit their wrongdoing is incredibly frustrating to people who would otherwise be inclined to give them a chance.
There’s an AP wire story on the new trojan horse discovered by NETSEC (a computer security firm). This trojan is apparently embedded in a video clip, and has been found on over 2000 computers. Unfortunately, the story is nearly worthless. It doesn’t explain how the video clip got onto the computers (I assume the users downloaded it), or how NETSEC discovered which computers were infiltrated. Fortunateley, NETSEC’s advisory contains more details. As usual, the trojan is being distributed as an executable email attachment. One interesting note: NETSEC discovered the trojan because one of their own workstations was infected and they noticed unusual outbound traffic from it.
The New York Times has published a lengthy recap of the Microsoft trial, including the events that lead up to it, along with lots of insider quotes from people at Microsoft, government attorneys, and the judge. Even though I’ve followed this trial very closely from the beginning, I learned a lot from the article, and refreshed my memory of a lot of events that occurred that I had forgotten.
Hey, here’s yet another article about redesign complaints. In this case, some eBay users are carping about the creation of eBay Motors, which occurred in April.