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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (4370)	12/19/1997 5:58:00 PM
From: er	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Do you know what you're talking about? What did they do to Compaq ?(OEM)

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (4370)	12/19/1997 8:39:00 PM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

As a consumer, I have a MAJOR problem with Microsoft trying to stifle my choice of browser. It seems that every Microsoft product I buy (and I do buy a lot of Microsoft software), they are constantly trying to shove IE down my throat and make it my default browser. I signed up for MSN about a year ago and git the MSN disk. It tried to force IE on me about five times during installation, and it messed up Netscape quite a bit. It took me several hours to get Netscape working again. And based on what I have read about Windows 98, it will make it EVEN MORE inconvenient to use Netscape. I like Netscape better, I want to continue to use Netscape, and Microsoft is bound and determined to make that more and more difficult. So, Microsoft IS limiting my choice by its childish pranks. If Microsoft really wanted to do the right thing here, it would design Windows 98 so that we could use IE or Netscape and still take advantage of the conveniences of seamless connections to the Internet. But Microsoft knows that the only way they are going to win the browser war (in the short term) is by changing the operating system in a way that gives IE a big advantage. This is using their monopoly in Windows to gain ground in another area and the DOJ sees this. Of course, this is the way Microsoft has always played the game, but the stakes are MUCH higher now. This is going to be a VERY interesting case. Those who are deluding themselves into thinking that Microsoft has a slam dunk here are in for some disappointments.