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To: ed who wrote (20521)	4/14/1999 1:19:00 PM
From: t2	of 74651

The AOL PC would not enter into a corporate market. In addition, remember that AOL uses Internet Explorer as its browser. The AOL PC would have only Navigator as the browser. As long as MSFT can stay ahead in this game, they have no problem. AOL would also have unhappy PC companies to deal with. I don't think they would want to upset the PC companies. They could possibly ask PC companies to manufactur the AOL machines for them. IMHO, they won't sell if a Windows machine is only $75 more. Why would a consumer give up the chance to have an OS that supports many applications. It appears AOL would be selling their machines without the PC company involvement------that could be a problem for AOL. In addition, all AOL competitors (ISPs) will use only Internet Explorer as they won't want to use a direct competitor's browser.

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