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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (13946)	11/7/1997 6:49:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Texas attorney general seeks injunction against Microsoft zdnet.com Microsoft Corp. was on the receiving end of a new volley of legal fire today when the Texas attorney general asked a state District Court to issue an injunction that would keep the software company from interfering with its investigation. At the center of the lawsuit are the nondisclosure agreements and licensing contracts that Microsoft allegedly forces its customers to sign. The agreements require customers to notify Microsoft before providing information to investigators. ... Mark Murray, a spokesperson for Microsoft responded, "this is unfortunate and unessesary and is a reflexion (sic city, where's the spell checker) of Texas misunderstanding of what is in our NDA." "There is nothing in there that prohibits licensees from talking or expressing concerns with the govenrment agencies. The agreements are standard in the software industry. The provision that is in there is to ensure that if a licensee is going to share confidential information that they notify us so that we can go before a judge to ensure that that confidential information is not made public." Right. It is very important that the strongarm tactics used by Microsoft in defense of the sacred IE icon remain confidential, we wouldn't want the public to get the wrong idea about the integrity and uniformity of the Microsoft OEM negotiating experience. I'm sure Compaq will quickly inform us that they haven't felt the least bit intimidated by Microsoft in this matter. And if Compaq spilled the beans, Microsoft could always wash their mouth out with soap. Note: It doesn't look like there's much new here, just more grist for the mill. Cheers, Dan.

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