Mad at Microsoft.

This article reports that Microsoft Corp., the computer software industry's biggest firm, has outraged competitors by allegedly hiding sets of instructions in its popular Microsoft Windows operating-system software. A book published a few months ago called "Undocumented Windows" claims that Microsof...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 324; no. 7777; p. 84
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 9/19/1992
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