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To: Scotsman who wrote (7608)	5/19/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (3) of 74651

Scotsman, if you open your mind to the truth, you will find that PC OEMs are not forced to preload MS-Office, in spite of whatever false and misleading soundbites you hear. The PC OEMs are also free to preload Netscape's browser, and make it the default. The DOJs case is "thinner than expected" according to a news article on Yahoo last night. The truth will eventually come out, and when it does, there's going to be a lot of uncomfortable PC OEMs out there. Perhaps Michael Cowpland (CEO of Corel Corp.) will also weigh in. The DOJ case is DOA. How do you explain, Scotsman, how MS went out last week to a local computer store and bought two PCs out of five that had Netscape's browser preloaded? Do you suppose that HP is running roughshod over MS demands? Edit - Do you use Netscape's browser? If so, did you pay for it? It was only a couple of month's ago that Netscape stopped charging for their browser. They give a 30 day "trial period", but I've wondered how many people paid after the 30 days was up.

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