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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Flair who wrote (5180)	2/18/1998 9:34:00 PM
From: Ibexx	Respond to of 74651

Flair and thread, Our man in Munich (my favorite city): INTERVIEW-Microsoft eyes Windows 98 Euro start MUNICH, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp MSFT.O said on Wednesday that it expected no anti-trust questions to arise in Europe when it releases its Windows 98 operating system this spring. Personal computer makers will be able to bundle Windows 98 with Microsoft's own programme for connecting to the Internet, or with a rival programme from Netscape Inc NSCP.O, Patrick Tensil, Microsoft product marketing manager in Germany, told Reuters in an interview. Windows 98 "will work just as well with Netscape as with Microsoft Internet Explorer" he said after a briefing on the product. "We don't expect regulatory questions in Europe," he said. PC makers "would have the opportunity to bundle Windows 98 with Netscape or with Internet Explorer." Microsoft is facing an investigation by U.S. officials looking into whether the company illegally forces PC makers to ship computers with Internet Explorer and Windows 95, its current PC operating system. European Commission officials have looked into similar questions. Netscape maintains Microsoft was using Windows 95's dominant position to corner the market for Internet programmes, called "browsers." Tensil said Windows 98 improves a range of features of Windows 95 by adapting them for the Internet. "Windows 98 is a platform for Internet information and entertainment," he said. The product is due to hit stores in the second quarter but computer users will be able to order a pre-release version -- called Beta 3 -- over the Internet after February 27. Beta 3 will cost 39 marks ($21.35), Tensil said. The price of the final product has not yet been set. Microsoft plans to demonstrate Windows 98 at the CeBIT computer trade fair in Hanover, Germany, on March 19-25. ($ = 1.826 German Marks) REUTERS Rtr 18:44 02-18-98 _____ Ibexx