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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator

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To: Bearded One who wrote (16613)	1/22/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Thoughts on today's news... DOJ has now argued that removing the IE functionality was unacceptable relief and that removing only the IE icon was what it really wanted. But clearly the icon by itself is not an "other product" in either the consent decree or the anti-trust acts. Isn't this legally significant? Wonder if it will come up on the appeal. "Today's decision is a victory for consumers and innovators," said Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein, the Justice Department's top antitrust enforcer. Hmmm. With the icon removed but all the IE code there, developers can still count on and code to it. No change there. And I've seen Packard-Bell machines that boot up with their own startup app on top of Windows that effectively hides the entire desktop, including that pesky IE icon, so hiding the icon doesn't seem significant. Who was served by this injunction? It will be interesting to see if any of the OEMs actually order the iconless version. Good and necessary move by NSCP making Nav free in all cases.

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