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To: Chuck Bleakney who wrote (387)5/21/1998 8:51:00 AM
From: LK2  Read Replies (1) of 2025
 
Was PX the one who said the DOJ suit against MSFT was free publicity for Bill Gates (and Win 98)?
Was that a lucky guess, or should we pay more attention to this guy?

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cnnfn.com

Suit boosts Win-98 sales

Report says antitrust action has led orders
for new software to soar

May 21, 1998: 7:41 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The media frenzy cropping
up around Microsoft Corp's troubles with U.S.
regulators reportedly has had a curious upside for the
software giant: orders for Windows 98 are booming.
The New York Times reported Thursday that
computer retailers offering promotional deals on the
new system software are chalking up
better-than-expected orders for the latest incarnation
of industry-dominant Windows.
Executives at retailers Computer City, a unit of
Tandy Corp., and CompUSA Inc. told the Times the
buzz about the government's suit - the subject of news
reports nationwide - has heightened consumer interest
and spurred orders.
The Justice Department, 20 states and the District
of Columbia filed what is the biggest antitrust suit in a
generation against Microsoft Monday for illegally
squelching its competition by trying to bundle sales of
its web browser to the market-dominant Windows
operating system.
But the call for a preliminary injunction against the
Redmond, Wash.-based company doesn't seek to
delay the release of Windows 98. The suit seeks to
force Microsoft to include a rival web browser when it
ships Windows 98.
The ironic twist may come back to bite retailers,
however. If Microsoft loses its case and is forced to
modify the system software, it could disrupt shipments
and potentially reduce supplies of Windows 98 on
store shelves.

Copyright c 1998 Cable News Network, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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