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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearded One who wrote (3980)	11/11/1997 4:33:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>The DOJ complaint specifically states as the basis for their complaint that IE 4.0 was marketed and distributed as a separate product. This, according to the DOJ, makes IE a separate product whatever integration may occur later. Can't a single product be both integrated and non-integrated, depending on the situation? Example #1: When I bought my last car, it came with Brand X tires. The car was not available for purchase without Brand X tires. To me that's integrated. I can also go down to the local tire shop and buy the very same Brand X tires, or any other brand - that's non-integrated. Example #2: I bought a new watch last week. It came with an ugly, two-color leather strap. The watch was not available without the ugly, two-color strap. Integrated. Next to the watches was a tray of straps; ugly, two-color straps and normal leather straps. Non-integrated. In other words: The fact that a product is available separately DOES NOT mean that it can't also be integrated into another product.