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To: RetiredNow who wrote (4978)	2/4/1998 8:35:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (2) of 74651

[For MSFT to tell them that they can't have the Netscape icon put on the screen and they HAVE to have the IE icon on their screen, otherwise they will not sell their software to them, well - that's just an abuse of monopolistic power] MSFT does not tell computer makers they can't add Navigator. It just says they can't remove IE, because they want developers to be able to count on built-in web functionality so they can leverage it to make better apps that in turn sells more Windows. MSFTs OSes are MORE extensible by external parties than their competitors which is perhaps the biggest reason for their success. Don't forget that, unlike MSFT, most all of the competitors also ship the hardware the OS runs on. So, ironically, there's not even an independent computer maker involved to argue with about icons. That's a more "open" and "competitive" solution? Hardly. The DOJ suit is about politics, nothing more. SUNW, NSCP, and NOVL, know MSFT is going to eat their lunch with NT and Win98 and are trying to protect their profits by crying to Big Brother.

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