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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (14974)	12/16/1997 2:31:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft proposals violate court order -- Justice zdnet.com Microsoft said it was complying with the judge's order by permitting PC makers to use an older version of Windows 95 or to strip out all traces of the browser from the operating system -- which the company says will leave a product that will not work. Hey, there's some inconsistency here- wasn't one of the original company lines that IE was integrated with Windows 95 "right from the start"? Anyway, suckers are still buying enough of the obsolete and crippled retail Win95 at $90-$200 a crack to make it the perpetual best seller, and Microsoft sees no reason to fix that little problem. In fact, now, it's not a problem, it's a solution! You Microphiles are all right, Microsoft is a brilliant business, if nothing else. PC makers are also free to use the version that Microsoft had previously required them to use. But Microsoft contended it still had the power to halt PC makers from removing its Internet Explorer "icon" from the computer desktop. The Justice Department has contended that action violated the law, and took Microsoft to court in part for that reason. Yes, the defense of the sacred IE icon goes on. Curse the infidels! Burn the heretics! Praise Bill, and pass the ammunition! The integrity and uniformity of the Windows Experience must be maintained, except for those poor suckers buying the retail version. If their version is fractured and fragmented, well, it's their own darn fault. Cheers, Dan. P.S. You guys think I'm disrespectful, I imagine a guy that clerked for Scalia could shut me down in the acid prose department typing with one finger. As always, stay tuned.