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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14879)	12/13/1997 12:31:00 PM
From: John Donahoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

RE: "...the language of the injunction specifically prohibits incorporating browsers in future versions of the OS...." That's not my reading. The ruling merely prohibits it (the bundling of IE) as a *condition* of licensing the OS. Big difference. -Clip from Judge's ruling- FURTHER ORDERED, sua sponte, that Microsoft Corporation, its officers, agents servants, employees, attorneys, and all others in active concert or participation with them, are hereby enjoined, and shall cease and desist from and after the date hereof, from the practice of licensing the use of any Microsoft personal computer operating system software (including Windows 95 or any successor version thereof) *on the condition*, express or implied, that the licensee also license and preinstall any Microsoft Internet browser software (including Internet Explorer 3.0, 4.0, or any successor versions thereof) pending further order of Court. /s/ Thomas Penfield Jackson U.S. District Court JD

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14879)	12/14/1997 7:26:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 24154

Not having been privy to the verbatim transcript I can only take the word of the lawyers present as they synopsized the decision. It said that MSFT was enjoined from requiring the box maker from having to take the browser as a condition of buying the OS. If offered the two together or the OS by itself there is no compulsion to buy the browser. I didn't see any report that specifically stated that the browser functionality could not be incorporated into an OS. Where do you get this idea that this decision was so broad other than from hyperbolized extensions by Billy baiters of what the judge's ruling was . I think we have a disagreement over the facts of the judges decision. I appreciate all the erudition on your various remedies to the plight that doesn't exist but let's keep it simple and stick to the facts at hand. JF Dowd