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To: C. Niebucc who wrote (7717)	5/20/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Logos	of 74651

Re: <Justice first attacked Microsoft over its practice of charging computer makers a license fee for every machine shipped, rather than just those actually shipped with Windows. But the only competitor for Windows was a copy of Windows loaded illegally. In protecting itself Microsoft was protecting its honest customers from free-riders.> But I'm pretty sure Microsoft forced the box makers to pay for MS DOS, whether they used it or another DOS, such as DR DOS. Here was a case where there really was a competitor to the Microsoft product (and a lot of people thought DR DOS was better than MS DOS). Granted, DR DOS was doomed from the day Windows 3.0 first shipped, but that doesn't justify what Microsoft did. Does anybody know more on this? Haz

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