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To: limtex who wrote (16072)	2/15/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Now we have a case based on an assumotion tha the browser is important. It isn't. You may think it's unimportant, but I assure you, Microsoft knows it's important. I have heard both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer give speeches where they pounded away at that point (well... Ballmer pounded as is his wont. Gates stated firmly). Microsoft saw Netscape's browser and their plans for it as a serious threat to the dominance of the Windows platform. Microsoft's leaders are smart guys. It's clear that they knew they faced a risk of a trial like the one they're in now if they used the Windows franchise to get the browser market. But they also saw even greater dangers ahead if they didn't. Since you use AOL, you might not realize what the "internet experience" is like for the other 50% of us who don't. There's no extra software needed to get onto the net. If you have an ISP account, Windows includes everything else needed to get on the net. When I'm on the internet using a modem, there's nothing to tell me that I'm online except a little icon in the system tray (and even that's optional). If I want to do something, I have to launch the appropriate program -- a browser to see web pages, an ftp program to transfer files, a mail program to get and send email, a telnet client to connect to another machine. The problem with the browser, as Netscape envisioned its future, is that it was seen as an applications platform separate from Windows.

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