Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What tech revolutionary said the following regarding the Federal Trade Commission's 1991 investigation into Microsoft's allegedly unfair business dealings: "Gates has clearly won, the revolution is over, and the free-wheeling innovation in the software industry has ground to a halt. For me, it's the Kingdom of the Dead."

  1. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle

  2. New York Times reporter John Markoff in a flaming editorial

  3. Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus, in his 1999 book, "Hard Drive"

  4. The late Ray Noorda, founder of Novell (the words are on his tombstone)
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Explanation

Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation, was a prominent Microsoft critic during the 1990s antitrust era. The quote reflects Kapor's view that Microsoft's market dominance had crushed innovation in the software industry. While the quote's exact attribution needs verification, Kapor did author critical commentary about Microsoft's practices, including in his writings. Larry Ellison was also a Microsoft critic but the quote style fits Kapor's published critiques better.

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