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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pink Minion who wrote (559)	1/12/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

When the discussion turned to Netscape, one Intel executive, who asked not to be identified, recalled Maritz saying: "We are going to cut off their air supply. Everything they're selling, we're going to give away for free." Well, this is the crux of the conversation, is it not? Does MS have the right to try and crush a competitor? If no, why not? Last I heard, there was a 50-foot banner hanging in Netscape headquarters that said "Beat Microsoft". If that is their focus, why does MS not have the right to have the same attitude? I think in the end the consumer wins: MS and Netscape have dueled by trying to make their products better and better, and we get the results.