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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (11455)	10/20/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (2) of 74651

MSFT Fans Only: A rather poignant exchange - Touche! NSCP Warden asked Barksdale whether e-mail packages had been sold as separate functions by other software developers at that time, to which Barksdale replied some companies had offered free e-mail software independent from Web browsers. Warden had established that Netscape decided to integrate e-mail functions into its Navigator Internet browser in June 1997 when it released Netscape Communicator. Warden, who often became testy during Barksdale's testimony, then implied that Netscape decided to integrate a separate function into software for which it held dominant market share - an issue that is at the forefront of the government's suit against Microsoft. "And what was Netscape's share of the browser market at the end of June 1997?" Warden asked. "About 70 percent," Barksdale replied. "Despite the size of your market share, you thought it was fine to add e-mail to the browser." "Yes," Barksdale said. "You thought users benefited from that?" Warden asked. "Did and still do." Microsoft has long maintained that the Internet Explorer/Windows bundle benefits consumers. Can you say Amen!

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