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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator
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To: Bearded One who wrote (21336)11/10/1998 11:16:00 PM
From: Dabbler  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
I have no money on MSFT, but I do think they stand a chance with this decision, and here's why:

1) The NSCP arguments are weak. NSCP and MSFT did not sign a single agreement to divide the market and even if they had, MSFT did not divide it, they took it. There are no laws against "attempted threat to divide a market", only laws against doing it.
2) The Apple argument is even weaker. Its a fairly common practice with all software vendors to test their products with each new OS as they are developed. I don't see how Apple should be immune to this.
3) The Intel argument is weakest. NSP was a hack created by INTC to show how QOS "could" be implemented on a PC where only Intel products were running. MSFT rejected the hack implementation, had no place for the concept in their own OS, and did not find it essential to their own marketing plans to create a new product line based on the concept, so I have little doubt they probably asked the rhetorical question to INTC: "if you want to screw up our OS, why should we spend so much energy supporting your hardware?" I don't see anything wrong with a question like that even if it does hurt McGeady's group.

On the other hand,
4) I believe the AOL argument is very strong, but will only result in a judgement against MSFT to cease some of its contractual practices.

This case is about all the wrong things. What we need to discuss is ways to level the playing field between apps and OS by placing business requirements on OS vendors, but which do not restrict their OS development plans in any way.
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