...path and get anyone that wants to write in Java to use J-Direct and target Windows directly," Microsoft executive Tod Nielsen wrote in an August 1997 e-mail to Gates that was made public Tuesday. Another employee, Ben Slivka, wrote to Gates...

...executives scoffed Wednesday at Young's two-decade prediction. "I think that is ridiculously pessimistic," said Tod Nielsen, who manages Microsoft's relationships with software writers. Although his job as chief executive of Red Hat is...

...Microsoft's other updates until he handed over a copy of his removal program to the company. Microsoft spokesman Tod Nielsen said outside the courthouse that the problem was coincidental and easily solved: Felten's program deletes an important...

...competition for the hearts and minds of (software) developers." And outside court one of Microsoft's top executives, Tod Nielsen, called it technically impossible to write a software program that will run without changes on a variety of computers...

...the motions as requesting, "Don't let them ship Windows 98 unless it also includes the universal form of Java." Tod Nielsen, general manager of developer relations at Microsoft, said Microsoft was notified late Monday that Sun intends to...

...different take. "What Fred McLain did was akin to United Airlines showing how to crash an American Airlines plane," said Tod Nielsen, Microsoft's general manager of developer relations. Instead of focusing on abuses that "dilute consumer confidence...

...different take. "What Fred McLain did was akin to United Airlines showing how to crash an American Airlines plane," said Tod Nielsen, Microsoft's general manager of developer relations. Instead of focusing on abuses that "dilute consumer confidence...