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

To: John Donahoe who wrote (16757)	1/26/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Sure, John. What the media should be reporting is that "Microsoft was forced to offer OEMS the ability to remove the Internet Explorer icon, thereby threatening to fragment and fracture the integrity and uniformity of the Windows experience." Or, they should just print the relevant Microsoft press release. That's the TRUTH, right? Cheers, Dan.

To: John Donahoe who wrote (16757)	1/26/1998 7:49:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

John, >>I'm hearing some in the media even saying "MSFT was forced to remove Internet Explorer" dropping all reference to the ICON. Kind of gives the public the impression that Microsoft may have done something wrong, too. Cheers, Norm

To: John Donahoe who wrote (16757)	1/26/1998 9:30:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

I would think that MSFT's competitors would be aghast at these developments. MSFT now has precedence on their side. If accused of illegally "tying" MSFT merely removes the Icon. And goverment declares "victory" and the "other product is removed". The judge's ruling is merely temporary until a final judgement can be made. I'd suspect that if the DOJ wins, they will ask that all code that is IE-only should be required to be removed. If they don't, then I'd agree that they are a bunch of boneheads.