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To: Logos who wrote (6819)	5/10/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) of 74651

To Hazem: Compaq wanted to change the way Windows looked on Compaq computers. I wonder how Ford GM and others would like it if some dealer put a different name and hood ornament on their car and maybe fiddled under the hood with a few things in order to create a differentiated product? It seems that MSFT is perfectly within their rights. Where were the tears when Jobs refused to renew the licenses of Mac clone makers. Jobs simply acted within the covenants of their contract. It was probably a bad decision in the long run on Job's part but certainly within the bounds of the contract. MSFT acted within the bounds of the contract that was freely entered into by MSFT and CPQ. CPQ could have made a deal with another OS vendor if they wanted to and walked away from the contract they had signed after they were given the ultimatum by MSFT presuming that it was more than a tough no nonsense negotiating position. JFD

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