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To: Bearded One who wrote (4305)	12/16/1997 1:22:00 AM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

B.O. Re:"dumping". You just made it easier to understand among the smoke and screen. Just like that, right to the point. Most of us knows what is dumping from Japan/Korea/Taiwan meant.

To: Bearded One who wrote (4305)	12/16/1997 3:22:00 AM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

[If Microsoft were a Japanese chip company, this would be called "dumping." ] And if NSCP were a Japenese chip company, it would also be called "dumping". What is your point, please? You imply Microsoft is doing something wrong, but refuse to define exactly what this something is or to suggest a remedy. Punishing Microsoft under such circumstances makes as much sense as a traffic cop pulling you over and giving you a ticket because "he didn't like the way you were driving."

To: Bearded One who wrote (4305)	12/16/1997 8:49:00 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Respond to of 74651

NSCP was giving its browser away before IE appeared on the scene. And MSFT does indeed sell IE. Walk into any CompUSA or other retail establishment and you'll see both IE and NSCP browser packages offered for sale. The MSFT one costs less than the NSCP package, but it is far from free. MSFT's appeal of the preliminary injunction demonstrates that they will not simply roll over. What MSFT's envious competitors fail to understand is that any legal precedent which would make software packaging subject to judicial review will ultimately come back to burn them. I can well imagine a similar suit being filed against SUNW because they are attempting to compell others to accept all manner of function packaged under the Java umbrella. If it's OK to tell MSFT they can't say what's in Windows, then this opens the door to holding every software company hostage to similar non-market forces.