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To: Jet.Screamer who wrote (25738)	5/7/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) of 97611

MSFT probably shot itself in the foot when they threatened to take away CPQ's licence for W95 Jon - Please don't perpetuate this myth. The situation you are referring to was due to the fact that a Compaq executive (terminated shortly thereafter) had made plans to produce 1 small line of products using a procedure that violated the terms of CPQ's agreements with MSFT. CPQ at the time and even today produces products which have Netscape installed, with no comment from MSFT about the choice of browser. This was a memo taken out of context to support the DOJ contentions. As opposed to Dell's sad performance in front of the Senate, a random purchase by the same senate committee of 4 CPQ consumer products produced 2 which had netscape already installed. It was a no-charge option on the other 2. Notice that the CPQ part of the committee's background research did not get much coverage at the hearings.

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