Word: tech
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...that simple. On a day that the dot bombs and other tech dears descended into a panicky free fall, no one with a sizable stake could help fretting that the bubble had burst. At the lows, the decline was in some ways worse than the 1987 crash. Yes. The Crash. Doesn't register? Think. Mom or Dad may have mentioned...
Then everything changed. Or should I say nothing changed? Investors flooded into the market to buy the dip, and the NASDAQ roared back to end the day with only modest losses, then skipped through the rest of the week with little grief. Indeed, tech bellwethers, including Oracle and Intel, finished the week with gains...
...brain and central nervous system--of 90% of the world's PCs. That makes Windows not just a monopoly, but a highly strategic weapon as well. It gives Microsoft an unequaled platform from which to launch new products, and it makes it easy for Gates to intimidate other tech companies into doing things Microsoft's way. Software writers, chipmakers and dotcom companies all have a lot to lose if they don't stay on Microsoft's good side...
...Microsoft an "oppressive" monopolist and laid the legal groundwork for imposing what could be draconian remedies in the next few months. It was a sharp blow to Microsoft--the company's shares plunged almost 15% the day of the ruling and helped set off last week's rout of tech stocks...
...previous semesters, Lessig has taught a range of courses, some of which--like "The High-Tech Entrepreneur"--have focused primarily on Internet and software...