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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 8:34:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin  Read Replies (3) of 24154
 
Questions for Lawyers:

I'm not a lawyer, but I'll make an attempt anyways:

1) Was Microsoft afraid of what the judge would do?

Of course. Why else would they have settled?

2) Does this agreement mean that Microsoft has lost control over the
"look and feel" of the desktop? Can Compaq or Micron or whomever
have, say, Navigator start up automatically when the computer is
turned on?

Very good question. But, in a way, they already have lost control over the look and feel. This was partially of their own doing. First was the coming of the browser interface, which brings a new way of GUI desktop operation. Second, MSFT themselves have changed the desktop metaphor several times in the history of the company, so people are somewhat used to change here. This started with early versions of Windows and continued through Win95, the latest being the desktop/web integrated GUI operation, with the single-click access instead of double-clicking.

But as to whether OEMs can now add or remove icons or software to their machines, who knows?

3) By allowing the "Add/Remove Programs" utility to be used to
remove IE, is Microsoft admitting that IE is a "Program"?

I haven't any idea on this one.
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