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

To: Bearded One who wrote (6769)	5/8/1998 3:12:00 PM
From: Deliveryman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74651

Anyone else notice that CNBC has failed to report the GOOD MSFT news? I havn't heard CNBC even mention MSFT once since 10:30am

To: Bearded One who wrote (6769)	5/9/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

No no no, bearded one, re: "The states don't have to block Windows 98. Windows 98 is covered in Jackson's original injunction. It must be offered with an alternative version not including IE. Too bad for MSFT if they didn't prepare for this." quote from the Yahoo article you linked: "Jackson ordered the company to "cease and desist" from licensing "Windows 95 or any successor version thereof" to computer makers on condition that they also "license and preinstall ... Microsoft Internet browser software." This is all very old ancient news. I do remember this, last December. MicroSoft simply immediately asked computer makers if they would like to include a free browser with the PCs they sell. Not one PC maker declined the free browser. Why should they? Would that serve the customer buying the PC, to tell MSFT "oh we know it's free, but we're so sure our customers don't want it even free that we don't want any. No thanks." What kind of stupid PC company is going to refuse to include free stuff? So, MSFT is Not in violation by continuing to give away it's browser to PC makers. Even with those PC makers who want to put the Netscape browser on the hard-drive and not IE: MicroSoft has said repeatedly, "go ahead. We just would like to include our browser on a CD stuffed into the package as it gets shipped to the customer. If you want. If you don't want, fine." But everyone wanted. So no problem.