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To: Dermot Burke who wrote (19837)	6/1/1998 8:50:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (4) of 24154

<I find it interesting that PC makers feel safer now and are making moves to load Netscapes browser.IBM's Aptiva line will carry Netscape news.com./News/Item/0,4,22588,00.html This is happening because of the DOJ intervention and shows clearly that the Justice strategy of focusing light on the OEM contracts is appropriate.> No, I don't so. I do think it is good that the OEM's can ship thier browser of choice, but the DOJ's actions go considerably farther than that. Forced bundling of a competitor's product, forced dismantling of MSFT's product to the point where it would not boot, the government micromanaging of the software design.... These things are ridiculous. There is also the matter of there breaking a contract that was not adjudicated to be illegal or not binding. I certianly wish I could pull that stunt. In the medium term this should serve to benefit MSFT, for they can point to the fact that other vendors can ship NAV without impunity (at least from MSFT), if the subject ever comes up in court.

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