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

To: dumbmoney who wrote (7268)	5/16/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Respond to of 74651

Microsoft Monopoly FYI: "Questions remain about how much the software maker is willing to put on the table. While icon set-ups and office suites appeared to be negotiable items for the software giant, the removal of the Internet Explorer Web browser from Windows 98 apparently is not. Antitrust experts said in order for the parties to reach a settlement, Microsoft would have to offer major concessions that go beyond the browser issue. "The Justice Department would require an agreement by Microsoft to banish all contracts that prevent equipment manufacturers and Internet service providers from promoting competitors' products," said William Kovacic, a professor at George Mason University School of Law. "The is the non-negotiable minimum for the Justice Department." Kovacic added the Justice Department would also likely require Microsoft to make a version of Windows 98 that "readily permits the use of a competing Web browser," such as Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator product." CNN, May16, 1998