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To: let who wrote (26560)	12/11/1997 10:19:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Who said that? The judge didn't say they couldn't bundle it, just that they couldn't require it, it must be the OEM's choice. Why not: "Mr. OEM, you can buy the $35 Windows 95 only CD, or the $30 dollar Windows 95/IE cd, it's your choice." ---------------------------------------- NEW YORK (CNNfn) - In a blow to Microsoft Corp., a U.S. judge temporarily ordered the software giant to stop requiring computer makers to distribute its Internet Explorer browser along with the Windows 95 operating system. However, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Thursday rejected a civil contempt charge brought by the Justice Department which was seeking a fine of $1 million a day against the company. In his ruling, the judge said forcing Microsoft to keep Windows 95 separate from Internet Explorer would not impose a substantial burden on the company since the two products are already marketed separately. "Microsoft will remain free to market and promote (Internet Explorer 4.0) just as it presently does - or in any other manner it sees fit - so long as (computer makers) are given the choice of whether or not to accept the product," Jackson wrote.