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To: Gottfried who wrote (1265)	10/21/1997 11:27:00 AM
From: jgideon	Respond to of 9256

It does not appear that the Justice Dept has issue with Win 98 incorporating whatever features it likes. The point is the licensing practices that link two separate pieces of software. DOJ recognizes that MSFT has a de facto monopoly on the operating system. It must make sure that that monopoly (which it can do nothing about) is not used for advantage of other MSFT software (which it can do something about). If vendors are forced to use other software to get Win 95, that's illegal. If Win 98 includes a browser as part of the operating system, then it does not appear to be illegal. Win 95 includes WordPad, a new rich text editor, but that does not make it unfair competition because it is an element of the software. Pushing IE into Win 98 would presumably would require MSFT to stop marketing it as a separate product. Hence the IE for Mac, which they just spent $200 million to give away, would become a violation. Thems my thoughts. Tell me why I'm wrong. jg

To: Gottfried who wrote (1265)	10/21/1997 11:48:00 AM
From: LK2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

GM, I'm not a MSFT fan. I've got almost no interest in what their stock price does, as far as the company itself. Disclaimer--I hold 13 shares MSFT. I don't care what happens to MSFT itself. It's the effect on the rest of what I've got that concerns me. And yes, I totally agree that if Win95 didn't crash so often, people would probably be happier. I've got a pentium 133 with 32 MB RAM. Every time I disconnect from the internet, I have to check if the system crashed or not (I actually know very little about computers, but I don't believe it's normal that my PC should crash\hang-up\whatever-the-right-term-is, so that I have to push my reset button just because I disconnect from the internet. This doesn't happen every time, but it does happen several times a week). Using control+alt+delete doesn't work. I have to use the reset button, or just turn the PC off, and then on again. Regards, -LK