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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (6811)	5/10/1998 9:20:00 AM
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Re: Are you saying that MicroSoft threatened to put Compaq out of business? If so, state your source. Compaq wanted to change the way Windows looked on Compaq computers. Microsoft said that was unacceptable and would result in Compaq's Windows license being terminated. That's pretty close to threatening to put Compaq out of business. This is not to say that companies don't go into hysterics all the time when someone wants to change their stuff around. Compaq did a similar thing to someone else (memory fails me right now). The difference is that when Microsoft does it, it really can put huge companies out of business. The reason is that they have a monopoly (justifiably earned, IMHO) over the most important piece of software on the computer: The OS. Haz

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