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To: Logos who wrote (6353)	4/30/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: Jon Stept	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Hi Hazem- AG Suit Possible outcomes... Your post made me think about the possible outcomes: They prohibit the sale of Win98 in the state. So the manufacturers make the purchase in a different state. Seems pretty easy with the web as a mechanism. They prohibit the installation in the state. This just makes raises another competition issue. If some manufacturers can now sell more of their pc's because their operations are in a state that is Win98 friendly, isn't this unfair competition? I would think the manufacturers would appeal to the federal government. They prohibit the use of Win98 in their state. Business that cannot now use Win98 files a suit because now they can't compete with a business in a different state that can use Win98. These outcomes suggest the Attorney General's actions may create competition in OS software but reduce competition for all businesses that use Windows, compete nationally and are not in Win98 friendly states. Jon :)

To: Logos who wrote (6353)	5/1/1998 5:32:00 AM
From: Mick Mørmøny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Computer Executives Show Support for Microsoft By JOHN MARKOFF May 1, 1998 In the strongest show of support to date for the embattled Microsoft Corp., 26 computer industry executives have written to the Justice Department saying that any delay in the introduction of Windows 98 will harm the computer industry. "Our success depends on the freedom of Microsoft and the rest of America's personal computer industry to create new and innovative products," their letter says. The support for Microsoft comes at a time when attorneys general from 13 states are close to preparing a joint antitrust action against Microsoft, apparently aimed at blocking the release of Windows 98. The next version of Microsoft's operating software for personal computers, Windows 98 will be shipped to computer makers this month and is to be released to the public by late June. The Justice Department, meanwhile, has been pressing its own suit against the company. The executives' letter, which was sent to Joel Klein, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's antitrust division, contends that delaying the operating system would affect the more than 2 million programmers who write software for Windows-based computers, as well as an equal number who work in the computer services industry. The executives said that a delay would also injure the makers of hardware and peripheral products. "We're quite concerned that a delay in Windows 98 could have an impact on the industry," said Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel Corp. If Windows 98 is delayed by legal action, it would probably happen during the back-to-school season, one of the two largest selling periods for the computer industry. A large number of small companies that make hardware and peripherals are waiting for Windows 98, which provides support for a new hardware feature known as the universal serial bus, which is intended to simplify adding peripherals. Among the executives who signed the letter were: Andrew Grove, chief executive of Intel; W.J. Sanders III, chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Eckhard Pfeiffer, chief executive of Compaq Computer Corp.; James Halpin, chief executive of CompUSA Inc.; Michael Dell, chief executive of Dell Computer Corp.; Lewis Platt, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co.; Teruaki Aoki, chief operating officer of Sony Electronics Inc., and Gordon Eubanks Jr., chief executive of Symantec Corp.