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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (43500)	4/26/2000 11:21:00 AM
From: Valley Girl	of 74651

The theory is that bundling the browser with the OS is only a problem because of the OS monopoly. Undercut that monopoly and it's not a problem. The judge made a lot of hay over the so-called "applications barrier to entry", by which he meant that users got locked in by the applications they run and therefore were unable to choose OS alternatives. The thinking behind the 2-company proposal is that the apps company (which oddly would include the backoffice stuff that seems wholly unrelated to personal productivity apps) would be motivated to produce versions for Linux, etc., thus freeing us from the OS tyranny. I've also heard a 3-company proposal where the third company gets the internet properties (including MSN) and might carry off the browser.

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