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To: Ibexx who wrote (4155)	12/14/1997 6:14:00 PM
From: markanth	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Who really won? MSFT I think. 0 to 35% market share for their browser software. How would they have accomplished this more effectively- quicker while keeping costs contained (they would have had to pay OEM's to install-like an AOL). MSFT argues that the consent decree is ambiguous allowing for Internet Explorer; thus they require Internet Explorer with Windows. Now they can't do it. So what. Genie is out of the bottle. Now 70- 75% of all OEM's would want Windows with IE, not without it. MSFT won. They are quickly accomplishing what they set out to do. I know MSFT has a contingency plan for Windows 98. For those few who choose not to load Windows 98 with IE-installation by the user Of Windows 98 with IE will be a click away.

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