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

To: ed who wrote (7302)	5/16/1998 8:24:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 74651

More news.."Microsoft said it will now press ahead with plans to ship Windows 98, the latest upgrade of its flagship software, to computer makers on Monday. It said it will include none of the concessions it had offered during the failed negotiations." [GO MSFT GO!!] wire.ap.org (click on the story) another clip from the story: "A person familiar with the negotiations said federal and state officials made at least three demands that Microsoft bitterly refused: --That Microsoft hide its proprietary screen that customers use to access programs under Windows, called the interface, which consists of items like the Start button and Taskbar. Other companies could design interfaces under the proposal. ''It's like requiring The New York Times to wrap the front section of The Wall Street Journal around the newspaper,'' Microsoft's Murray said. --That Microsoft hide ''every way'' that consumers could use Microsoft's bundled browser to view information on the World Wide Web. --That Microsoft include a copy of rival Netscape Communications Corp.'s browser in every copy of Windows it sells. Netscape's browser is used by about 60 percent of computer users. Microsoft spokesman John Pinette called that demand ''unreasonable and unprecedented.'' A requirement that manufacturers include a competitor's product is usually reserved for cases in which a monopoly owns the sole method of distribution, such as a vital pipeline or electrical lines. Some experts questioned whether the government would try to force Microsoft to include still other browsers. ''Indeed, it would be unfair to these mini-market-share companies if you're going to include Netscape and Explorer,'' said Warren Grimes Los Angeles, a law professor at Southwestern University and former chief antitrust lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee. ''I'm a little surprised to hear people talking about that kind of remedy.'' ------------