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To: Dermot Burke who wrote (18735)	4/24/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: Pink Minion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Best part Justice Department investigators are exploring what took place at a meeting in May 1995 between high-level executives for both companies. It couldn't be learned which executives were present at the meeting, but investigators have focused questioning on whether Microsoft sought to persuade Netscape to market browsers only for non-Windows operating systems, and to stay out of the Windows market. At the time, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser hadn't yet come to market, and an arrangement between the companies would have kept its chief rival out of the bulk of the market. Netscape officials wouldn't discuss details of the meeting. But Marc Andreessen, executive vice-president and co-founder of Netscape, said in an interview Thursday that there was no mistaking Microsoft's intent. "It was like a visit by Don Corleone," he said. "I expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed the next day." The message, Mr. Andreessen said, was that "you either let us invest in your company or we won't give you access" to the technical information needed to write software that runs with Windows. Mr. B