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To: blankmind who wrote (29146)9/4/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: RTev  Respond to of 74651
 
I still wonder why MSFT gave AOL a multi-billion $$ subsidy in the form of free desktop appearance over everyone else?

Ah, but there's been a lot of testimony in the DOJ trial about that issue. Although there appears to have been significant debate about the issue within the company, Gates was more worried about Netscape than he was about AOL. As a result, AOL got premier desktop placement in exchange for their agreement to use IE as the default browser on their service.