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

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15349)	12/22/1997 7:00:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 24154

Hey Keith: Everyone can download NSCP Nav/Commm right now and put it to work on their PC desktop and disable the IE - even Judge Jackson's law clerk knows how to do it.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15349)	12/22/1997 7:05:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

We have already discussed this argument in this thread, over and over, ad nauseum. Are you just pretending to not have read any of the arguments? Or just don't understand them? Here are a couple of reasons: 1. It still must be installed, and thus takes up disk space, screen real-estate and possibly memory real-estate. 2. It makes it harder for end-users who want a competitor's product to justify it to their organizations.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15349)	12/22/1997 10:27:00 PM
From: Schiz	Respond to of 24154

If ms is allowed to give away ie and crush netscape in the process, how much do you think the first ie upgrade after netscape is gone will cost? If ie has no competition, do you think it will improve at the same rate as if it had competition? Software progresses much faster when upgrades are issued to improve the software over the competetition, not to generate revenue. Who really needs (or even wants) win98? Win98 is just an excuse for ms to make new upgraded versions of all their software. Without win98, they will have a difficult time growing their revenues in 98. Are competing software developers aware of the new features that are to be added to the os before it is released? Are they aware of all the new features even after it is released? The only way to really level the playing field would be to split ms up. Alot of people seem to be pretty confident that ms will "win". What if they don't? What if they lose and the market continues in the direction it's been going? What if the loss means moving win98 out 6mo or a year? What will that do to their revenue in 98? Will the outcome of the sun java suit affect win98? $75 stock price is far from impossible.