Show Gates promotes MaHMoffi 1 £ naw Windows XP operating system which was launchad last tall The US Justice Department sued Mi- crosoft in 1998 alleging that the company had illegally stifled competition in the software industry A tentative set- tlement reached last fall was harshly denounced by rivals who insist that Microsoft remains a predatory monopoly Nine states rejected the deal asking for tougher penalties against the company at a trial scheduled to open m GBtMtMtHlMatattMSamtehawfctf onwtitMtiawwinthaooinputwaoftwara - M - ML " U nouRnri ins mdoi npmmnc mo mkpmovIi cnvgim vra n sqiim oomptuuoni — — A a lot of people’s confidence comes from their parents’ encour- agement and backing When people don’t think they can do something and they manage to do it that builds confidence “Confidence” he continues then his voice trails off as he net giant AOL also 1 flMhtolhMShlHt'iiiiBiGtt&lhii pnngqBinHpnBnBnpiiiiniin IfitBlftllBliidiGrtBsFoundaUtnii llntMKhri - —a ffc MlgOTHpmil 7 Hpni ins cosgiii lets me pnunues m WKm MwDIji he values “people vriio hareltelong-ten- dad n MOBQ - — Dj aflfM n ScandfonMr HcraaoftyP n coninilnieiit mho can deal nrith the ups and thugs that happen” : tem-perask- MMCH 10 MOS MOI T launched its own lawsuit against Microsoft “to punish and deter” the company's power' in the future Still Microsoft dominates die marketplace Its operating systems ' ran 95 percent of US percomputers and the cent of those-irest of the world It spends more money oa research and devel- opment than die US did to put a man on the dovms enth the unfair be very open to changing ypur course It’s not just Gates who seems different but Microsoft as well In 1995 the avenge age of the company's employees was 27 and you could barely enter an office without hearing Someone speculate on Gates' volatile “What is Bill G’s mood 4 GMnll Rand Scat - Increasing Gates says switches direction “You have to be cater fill about confidence You're going to make a lot of mistakes and you have to MMM HMUSM A1A1 this month: The Inter- today?” Now their average age is nearly 35 and many top employees are geny tly protective of their boss Gates' notes "how guru” AnoopGupta human he is” and “how much he treats you with respect” Mich Mathews Gates’ longtime friend and vice guts-ident for marketing puts it simply: “We’re all mote mature" But outside their corporate campus Gates and Microsoft ate far from loved MOT MUMP duftaMaantanahaa" aaya Paul ' ScteroMi a pNbnthropy expert at bqsui uqooool ini noc HUMiy m pvng oui umsk liadiidHilfa ?A “lech-nolog- haaltfelRilaW’ PC a compact MhihMla lH smool Health pMarthrapyi hi the TIM yBtao-tolw8M- lie' flat allowing the Boi user to write notes and says Tfi ponttto to saw nfinons of cMMwft tom just by applying too V 'fi a a com- puter whose serein can ? WorWIa moon The company has at least seven ma- -' jor product “rollouts” planned for this year including a pet interest of Gates’— the Tablet aa — n- - a- - a— 1 then translate those scribbles into typed documents ' continued |