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To: MU Lation who wrote (3766)	10/23/1997 3:59:00 PM
From: vinod Khurana	Respond to of 74651

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) 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) Navigator browser. ''This demonstrates a real misunderstanding on the part of the Justice Department,'' Murray said. ''We believe that Internet Explorer is an integrated feature of Windows,'' he said. ''We do not believe that computer manufacturers can break apart Windows and choose to ship one part or another. We license Windows to be shipped in its entirety by all computer manufacturers so users have a consistent experience.'' He added that manufacturers were ''completely free'' to load competiting software onto new machines, and he noted that Navigator was preloaded onto computers from major manufacturers including Compaq, Toshiba Corp (6502.T) and International Business Machines Corp (IBM).