— Megan McArdle wrote a pithy and insightful column on the MS/Netscape deal for Salon:
Legal observers, however, were not fooled: the antitrust case might be over, but the door was wide open for civil suits. Sure enough, Netscape soon stepped through with a civil filing claiming treble damages — and I happily anticipated at least a few more years of wrangling over technical and economic arcana.
So now another blogger has crossed-over into the ranks of the Working Journalists.
“…another blogger has crossed-over into the ranks of the Working Journalists.”
Is this any surprise? I’ve been reading weblogs extensively since 9/11, and have been endlessly amazed by the amount of excellent writing (much of which is far superior to what’s to be found in the “real” media). If I was an editor, I’d be reading weblogs every day, not only to get a sense of the latest “buzz,” but also as a way of spotting good (unpublished) writers.