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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (23465)	11/5/1999 11:17:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Respond to of 24154

I don't take issue with Windows.

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (23465)	11/5/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

"The system gave us an Internet that works.." Surely you're not giving Microsoft the credit for that. Microsoft has done more to harm Internet standards by themselves than all other companies combined. Thure

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (23465)	11/6/1999 12:32:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Craig- Next year Microsoft will be issuing debt. Just their liability to IBM could take half their cash on hand. Figure triple damages for every Windows copy sold to them just for starters. There is a whole section on the damage done to IBM's business, Section 115 to 132. Here's a small part: 130. The discriminatory treatment that the IBM PC Company received from Microsoft on account of the "software directions" of its parent company also manifested itself in the royalty price that IBM paid for Windows. In the latter half of the 1990s, IBM (along with Gateway) paid significantly more for Windows than other major OEMs (like Compaq, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard) that were more compliant with Microsoft's wishes. Harvey