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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (13489)	10/22/1997 1:44:00 PM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (2) of 24154

Reg, you may be right -- a "product" may be whatever the seller says it is. If so, Microsoft wins. Microsoft may well be able to show that it is within its rights to combine Internet Explorer and Windows into a single product. Now, I've also heard the argument made that the Consent Decree does not even apply to Windows 95 and Internet Explorer, that the Decree is concerned only with "per processor" licensing fees. Windows 95/Internet Explorer was simply not litigated as part of the case leading up to the Decree. How the "it does not apply" argument squares with the language I've cited in other posts above, I do not understand, but that's what I've heard. However, I do know that my wishing it were so will not make it so. I also continue to believe that the DOJ's demands in this case are borderline trivial, and not really worth fighting. Chairman Bill should pick his battles carefully. So, I'll throw up my hands, shut up, and stop trying to second-guess what the outcome of this case will be. I don't have the answers.

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