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To: XiaoYao who wrote (9840)	7/31/1998 5:40:00 AM
From: Philipp	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Xiao: Actually it is not all that complicated and would not differ much from the present installation process for most software. You can always have a generic option which installs more-or-less everything for the average user, but for the more computer literates you should be able to substitute MS applications for the applications of your choice. However, this requires openness of the OS kernel, which is another thing the court should require of Microsoft. As far as costs are concerned, there is a lot of good and cheap or free software available for most of the mundane tasks, and I certainly don't see why I should pay for IE by buying Windows 98 if that is not my browser of choice (don't come with the argument that IE is free, since its price is really included in the pricing of Windows 98). In fact, at the moment I have to pay twice for many applications, once to Microsoft by paying for their operating system including the applications and once to the company that actually supplies the applications I prefer (for whatever reason). A slim operating system should not cost more than 20 - 30 $. Cheers, Phil

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