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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator
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To: damniseedemons who wrote (13803)10/29/1997 4:54:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (2) of 24154
 
The Micro soft-shoe news.com

Of course, all Silicon Valley companies indulge in "spinning" the truth to suit their needs, but nobody does it like Microsoft. The company is so cocksure of its ability to dictate the terms of the discussion that it is fighting battles on two contradictory fronts at once. While the Redmond, Washington, company is arguing in one court that it, and it alone, may decide what components make up its Windows operating system, it's arguing in another court that Sun has no right to do exactly the same thing with Java. Heads you're wrong, tails Microsoft is right.

Still, I can't wait to see how Microsoft's twisted argument that Internet Explorer is actually a part of Windows cleverly disguised as a separate application plays in court. This is one situation the company is going to find difficult to semantically soft-shoe its way out of. Since Microsoft and the Department of Justice simply disagree on exactly what the wording of the agreement means, the judge is going to have to rule based on the spirit of the law.

It's going to be hard for the company to smirk it's way out of this one. Or at least, one can hope.

Credit: Opinons editor Margie Wylie just blew her chance to sleep under a digital Mona Lisa in the world's most expensive Marriott.

I imagine the judge hasn't been invited to spend a night as Bill's guest, but who knows. There's always Slade Gorton around to lead the fight for an antitrust exception- what's good enough for baseball is good enough for Microsoft.

Cheers, Dan.
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