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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (16309)	1/19/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hello Byron, After James Bowers, and one other person on the NOVL thread suggested coming over here, I decided to read a history of the posts and see what is going on. (P.S. James, you're right. You really do play devils advocate and taunt the people here ...) You stated: > All, is Netscape going to recover or will MSFT the juggernaut > prevail? I truely think that the answer to this will be in the resolution of the situation that is developing between Novell and Microsoft ... not as much what's happening with the DOJ. Although it is somewhat off-thread, what has not been realized here is the significance of Microsoft's position towards Novell. In a minute they could do the same thing to Netscape. What Microsoft has decided is that they will not support any customer, who has purchased NT Server, if they install Novell's NDS for NT. They have quite an amusing web page dedicated to spew FUD about the situation at: microsoft.com (Side note: What a joke ... like anyone would try to sell a network product to the customer who is trying to use NT as a C2 secure system. Anyone who knows anything about NT knows that the C2 rating is only good IF THE NT BOX IS NOT CONNECTED TO A NETWORK!) with Novell's response at: novell.com Microsoft has already "toned down" the page by making changes on Friday, but the bottom line is this: Microsoft does not like the fact that Novell has a very good product, that has considerable customer demand, that accomplishes something Microsoft has not been able to do for years, and that Microsoft will not have a first attempt product of for a year or more. So in response they have told customers that they are not allowed to purchase this product. And they seem to indicate that they are not interested in pursuing any way to make this product work. How does this relate to Netscape? If they get away with this issue with Novell then who is next? They could potentially announce that they will not support any version of Windows where a Netscape product has been installed. Also, they might decide that Sun, and Oracle products are included in this list. Those apps might also install some DLLs that are unacceptable in some way. Oh, and then Microsoft announces that they will no longer support any installation that does not use a Microsoft mouse ... sorry, but it's part of the OS. And if you attempt to connect a 3Com Pilot then you are violating the license agreement ... sorry no support. And I forgot, you aren't allowed to communicate with any Web Servers except IIS. The dynamic downloading of Java objects onto your computer will then be a cause for termination of all support services ... do it and you're all alone. I don't have any problem with the evolution of technologies and the integration of new capabilities into an OS. I think the arguement about "What's a browser?" and "What's an OS?" are a joke. All cars are going to be sold with cell phones in the not-to-distant future ... do we have the cell phone vendors sue the car makers? But I think that when a drug dealer tells his junkies that they can't eat or drink, or otherwise improve their lives, unless it's bought through him ... you've got a problem that needs to be dealt with. If Microsoft prevails on this issue, then I think most any company in the industry that develops to the Windows platform is in trouble ... unless they have Microsoft's permission. > bg Scott C. Lemon