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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (14826)	12/12/1997 12:07:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

According to Ballmer Microsoft does not have a current contingency plan if the court orders it to unbundle Windows 98 and IE. Mom and pop shops can run that way, you expect billion dollar companies to manage better. Harvey P.S. Legal advice too. Wonder when MSFT legal resumes are going to start circulating? Eh, Ian.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (14826)	12/12/1997 12:24:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

OK, you showed me -- it looks like Win '98 would fall under the "successor versions" language, this impression subject, as always, to seeing the whole order. But, the other side of the coin is, what is it, exactly, that they can't bundle with Windows and its "successor versions"? IE3 and 4? "Successor versions" of these products? We need to see the whole order to see what it says. Here's one possible, albeit, stupid, way to reconcile that language with the language in the Decree that says they can ship "integrated products." Microsoft can ship Windows 98 (including the browser part of Active Desktop) as one integrated product. They just can't force OEMs to bundle the Windows 98 integrated product with the IE product. In other words, they can't force OEMs who ship Windows 98 to ship the functional equivalent of two browsers. It defeats the whole purpose, I know, it's probably wrong, and, as I said, it's stupid. Oh, never mind.