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

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16658)	1/23/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Larry Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Hey Dan you need to make up your mind. For months now you have decried Microsoft for providing free software with the wonderful "Free is not really free" but now you post Long live free software! Long live the free internet! which seems to have been Microsoft's position all along. So welcome to our side of the fence. BTW - I think that the TCO increase that may result from 32 flavors of Netscape will be an IS nightmare!!! Larry...

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16658)	1/23/1998 6:15:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Antitrust roundup I thought that yesterday's news was pretty anticlimatic in general, but there seems to be a lot of stories out there anyway. Here's news from yesterday and today, no comment in general except to remember Casey Stengel. MS case beyond contempt news.com - another summary story with a bunch of links on various aspects A bunch of more or less related articles from techweb: Europeans Keep Up Pressure On Microsoft techweb.com Windows 95, IE Are Separate Products, Test Says techweb.com MS college deal under fire news.com Finally, some sort of mean commentary. Giving to get news.com - Cnet commentary For Microsoft, concern for vendors is certainly not first priority, if it's a priority at all. Nor until Thursday, when it reached a settlement with Justice, did it seem to be concerned with the government's concerns, which centered around Microsoft's providing PC makers a choice of Windows 95 without the Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft easily could have given in and complied with the DOJ order without any loss to its reputation or its business. But instead it decided to put on a show of defiance, petulance, and arrogance, apparently aimed more at its so-called business partners than at the government. The message it seemed to be delivering to them was that if Redmond can stare down the DOJ, which wields unsurpassed power, then what chance do mere business competitors have? In other words, even in the act of giving in to the DOJ, Microsoft got what it wanted all along: The forced loyalty of its business partners. Most OEMs will likely continue to sell PCs with a version of Windows 95 that includes IE. (What happens to Netscape is another matter.) Microsoft executives said after the settlement announcement that they don't know of any OEM which has asked for Windows 95 without IE. Two market leaders, Compaq and Dell, told NEWS.COM that they have no plans at all to alter their browser arrangements, which feature IE right on the desktop. "We know what our customers want, and what they want is IE," said Angela Goodwin, a spokeswoman for Compaq. When asked how Compaq came to this conclusion, Goodwin replied, "I can't tell you the exact method we used to determine that...Compaq has a choice of what to do, and we chose to go with IE." Right, it's what the customers want! But, the customers want the original build retail Windows95 release, too- it's the best seller! Compaq can't tell you their method- they just love Bill, like everybody does. You could look it up! Cheers, Dan.