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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (16318)	1/19/1998 1:10:00 PM
From: WeisbrichA	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

I have both Navigator and IE3 on my home machine. One works better for some things. I added IE3 later. I also have WordPerfect8 and MSWord(part of office). As a consumer, I do have a choice. Compaq testimony, however, may prove a case for DOJ at another (not end-user) level. Now to your illustration of car radio.... Chrysler, GM, et al. should have the right to use "porprietary" connectors, software, etc., to protect that product even if it is part of their automobile. If I, as a competitor, want to sell my car radio for use in those cars, I will have to match their power connectors, speakers. et.al. . I wil not make it easily done either. (You just apply this to computer hardware purveyors for the past 30 or so years). I don't think is the proper role of "Politicos" to tell anyone what kind of "standards" he must provide for the radio competitors. A marketplace is best served by viable competition. Government, In MY OPINION, has no business getting into it when one competitor finally "WINS" in its chosen endeavor. "WHere can Microsoft go today" = What will government officials allow them to do. I am not referring to more technical specialists, such as you. I am refering to a cadre of DOJ (Oxymoron!) lawyers and academics who do not really understand the user/software/hardware interfaces on a system level. I believe that the DOJ should empanel at least a dozen techies such as yourself to debate the issues and clarify them for the lawyers. There are some brilliant, quick-study attorneys out there... I don't think they work for the DOJ or IRS or ..... Having seen first hand the operations of Federal Court Judges and read some of their rulings, It is clear to me that they don't understand the computer industry and are still stying to apply decades old rulings to areas which are completely new (with no real precedents). RW PS. OFF topic.. Why does Netscape persist in placing the mail icon just below the right bottom scroll bar. Should be location deciion in setup parameters. If one uses and eraser type or a touchpad pointer or a sloppy mouse, he will invariably endup in mail window and sometimes even in the task bar. It is a real PITA.