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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 479.20+0.2%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST
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To: Exacctnt who wrote (59638)7/11/2001 4:55:27 PM
From: Dave  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
Re Greater OEM Flexibility for Windows

That's a good start to a good start. But since the browser war is over, it's closing the barn doors after the horses have been stolen. It's like a convicted thief promising never to steal from one particular one of his old victims, after that victim is destitute or dead.

Now they need to provide the same flexibility for OEMs to remove other MSFT bundled products, and to preinstall competitors to those bundled products, like QuickTime, Star Office, AOL or Earthlink, and Eudora mail.

And the ones who don't bundle the Microsoft products must get a LOWER price than the ones who do, not a HIGHER price, or else everybody is paying for products whether they use them or not, which of course is what got Microsoft in trouble in the first place.

Dave
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