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To: Ibexx who wrote (37312)10/22/1997 10:04:00 PM
From: Ibexx  Respond to of 186894
 
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MICROSOFT's DEFENSE

This just in. The article puts things in somewhat different light, IMHO.
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Microsoft defends Windows 95 licensing

SEATTLE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Wednesday defended the way it licenses its Windows 95 operating system in the face of complaints it refused to allow a manufacturer to remove its Internet browser icon from the computer desktop.

Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray acknowledged that the software giant had refused to allow Compaq Computer Corp CPQ.N from removing the Internet Explorer icon from the computer desktop.

But he said Compaq and other computer manufacturers were free to include the desktop icon for the rival Netscape Communications Corp NSCP.O Navigator browser.
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