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To: Ibexx who wrote (3711)	10/22/1997 3:13:00 PM
From: Sonki	Read Replies (2) of 74651

ibexx, why would cpq do this? tell on Bill???? why do they care if they r forced to ship msft browser for free ? I don't think this was wise on cpq side. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Compaq testimony says Microsoft threatened it WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT) threatened to cut off Compaq (CPQ) Computer's access to crucial software because Compaq wanted to highlight an Internet Web browser from competitor Netscape (NSCP), U.S. government documents showed on Wednesday. Compaq's director of softare procurement, Stephen Decker, said in testimony to the Justice Department that if Compaq chose a Netscape icon over a Microsoft icon on its desktop computer screen, then Microsoft ''would terminate our (Windows 95) agreement for doing so.'' Decker's testimony, taken on Oct. 17, was revealed after Justice Department charges that Microsoft illegally forced computer manufacturers -- who need its Windows operating system -- to use a Microsoft Web browser instead of a Netscape Web browser. Compaq was first identified as the company involved by CNN's financial network. Decker's testimony was compelled by a government civil investigative demand, the equivalent of a subpoena in antitrust cases. ''We had a relationship with Netscape and we had been shipping their product for a while,'' Decker said in his testimony. ''Netscape was actually the browser partner and we wanted to give that position on the Compaq Presario desktop.'' But Decker said his company backed down in the face of the threat: ''We put the (Microsoft) icon back on.''

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