This morning, Microsoft’s attorney said that the company is under the gun for what he called an “efficiency offense.†That is, because MS kept improving their operating system to work well with media products for the consumer, somehow that is an abuse. He’s right that that’s what Microsoft is facing, and it’s also true that at the same time other operating systems from makers like Apple, IBM, and Sun were adding media functionalities to their systems as well.
And while we’re on the topic of efficiency, I have to complain a little about Internet access in Luxembourg. Here at the Court of First Instance, they have wifi hotspots that one can use, but you cannot pay for the use online. Instead, you have to walk down to the gift shop, pay in cash (no credit cards are taken), and then walk back to your computer in the designated area to type in the access code on the little piece of plastic you just bought. The same is true in my hotel. This is completely inefficient and a HUGE waste of time. How come European bureaucrats aren’t worried about that?