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To: MR. PANAMA (I am a PLAYER) who wrote (3572)	10/20/1997 5:39:00 PM
From: Monir Mamoun	of 74651

Let's see... Microsoft paid $150 million to Apple in order to get its browser on 8 million Apple desktops. That's about $20/user. Now Justice is asking Microsoft for $250 million between now and the mid-1998 release of Windows 98 in order to put their browser in the 60 million PCs that will be sold in that time period. That's about $4/user. $250M to own the entire Internet is not good deal. It's a GREAT DEAL! Microsoft just had sales of $3.13 billion this quarter. This "fine" is something they can afford to laugh off. Basically, all it amounts to is a 2% tax surcharge on Microsoft's gross income. In fact, if I were Microsoft, I would be extremely pleased that such an insignificant hurdle were placed in the way of a bold, legally questionable licensing strategy to achieve total browser market control. As someone said earlier, "Would you like that cash or check?" Monir

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