OK, you showed me -- it looks like Win '98 would fall under the "successor versions" language, this impression subject, as always, to seeing the whole order.
But, the other side of the coin is, what is it, exactly, that they can't bundle with Windows and its "successor versions"? IE3 and 4? "Successor versions" of these products?
We need to see the whole order to see what it says.
Here's one possible, albeit, stupid, way to reconcile that language with the language in the Decree that says they can ship "integrated products."
Microsoft can ship Windows 98 (including the browser part of Active Desktop) as one integrated product. They just can't force OEMs to bundle the Windows 98 integrated product with the IE product. In other words, they can't force OEMs who ship Windows 98 to ship the functional equivalent of two browsers.
It defeats the whole purpose, I know, it's probably wrong, and, as I said, it's stupid.
Oh, never mind. |
