The Next 800-Lb. Gorilla

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Industry observers are not surprised by the shots fired at Microsoft; they expect more. Says Jonathan Yarmis, an analyst at the Gartner Group: "There's a Microsoft backlash out there." Such are the hazards of being awesomely big and powerful. Just ask IBM. The feds sued it years ago in an antitrust case that dragged on for 13 years before it was finally dropped. That's one rite of passage Microsoft would just as soon avoid.

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