Archive for Barbara R. Hunter
World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies
Journalist Ken Auletta’s book about the Microsoft antitrust case is not just another Microsoft-bashing diatribe. On the contrary, World War 3.0 is a remarkably evenhanded investigation of this infamous case, providing some good insights into the basis (or lack of it) of the now-nullified judicial order to break Microsoft into two companies. Unfortunately, the book [...]
30Jun2010 | Barbara R. Hunter | 0 comments | ContinuedInvoluntary Municipal Annexation: The Ugly Truth
Suppose you received a letter informing you that the nearby city had decided to annex your property. Beginning the next year, you learn, your property taxes would double and no additional government services would be provided. If that happened, you may be sure that 1) your property had been assessed at a high value, and [...]
1Sep2007 | Barbara R. Hunter | 29 comments | ContinuedPunishing the Innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Barbara Hunter is a freelance writer. She recently retired after more than 25 years in the field of information technology, primarily at high-technology companies and law firms. If any person or any group had set itself the task of creating a law whose purpose was to destroy the American free-enterprise system, it could not have [...]
1Mar2007 | Barbara R. Hunter | 5 comments | ContinuedGovernment-Think
For as long as there have been governments, it has been a truism that whatever private individuals or companies, engaging in free exchange of goods and services, see as opportunities, government sees as problems. There is nothing terribly surprising about this, considering that private action is geared to locate ways for betterment, whereas government action [...]
1Dec2002 | Barbara R. Hunter | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Philosophical Influence Behind the Microsoft Trial
Barbara Hunter is an advanced level computer support specialist at a large law firm. “. . . trial moves rapidly on when the judge has determined the sentence beforehand.” —spoken by Malvoisin in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe It may seem that the Microsoft antitrust trial was anything but rapid, but a closer examination reveals a [...]
1Oct2000 | Barbara R. Hunter | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Abundance of Messiahs
Barbara Hunter is an educational consultant in office automation who lives on Long Island, Recently I was in an elevator in the building where I work when I caught a scrap of conversation. A young lady was talking to a friend about a forthcoming job change, and she spoke somewhat apologetically about her plans. At [...]
1Jan1992 | Barbara R. Hunter | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Myth of Public/Private Cooperative Enterprises
Barbara Hunter is an educational consultant in office automation living on Long Island. Apopular term today for schemes that transfer money from the taxpayer’s pocket either to a private individual or to a private organization is “cooperation.” According to this notion, the government (which may be municipal, county, state, or federal) has the right to [...]
1Nov1990 | Barbara R. Hunter | 0 comments | Continued-
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