WHAT'S A RIVAL TO DO NOW?

摘要

By the time the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. ended with a whimper on Nov. 1, the guys who started it all had long since given up the fight. Marc Andreessen, whose Netscape Communications Corp. was trounced by Microsoft in the Internet browser wars, steers well clear of his former nemesis. Indeed, for his startup, Opsware Inc., he purposely chose a business that Microsoft isn't yet chasing―server-automation software. "Everybody should compete with Microsoft once in their lifetime," says Andreessen, "so they have stories to tell their grandchildren. And then don't do it anymore."