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To: Bearded One who wrote (21222)	11/4/1998 11:01:00 PM
From: XiaoYao	Read Replies (1) of 24154

If you think superior product along could give your company success, then think again. In this industry, nothing is without a given. When you make deals with other companies, you needs to have some bargain chips. If you want other companies carry your products, you need to offer something they are interested. When two products are fairly equivalent, (IE and NN) you need to have something else to convince other people. I don't know the financial situation of MSFT's Mac Office. I suspect MSFT spent more and make very little profit on it. So commitment of supporting this product is a bargain chip when talking to Apple. There is no obligation for MSFT to continue supporting Mac, so you could think of this as MSFT doing Apple a favor. There is nothing wrong at that. When negotiating with Apple, MSFT could say "OK, we spend a lot of effort to support Mac, now how about return us a favor to support IE?" This is negotiation, not a thread. Of course, when the time is right, you could interpret this as a thread when it can get you some advantage.

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