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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19150)	5/17/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Daniel, the same things the WSJ reported were also reported by Reuters, ABC News, and the AP. The fact is, the DOJ asked MSFT to not only hide the operating system screen including the start button, but also hide access to IE (web view browsing feature of Win98). But the real smoking gun was the DOJ criminal demand that MSFT install a copy of Netscape Navigator with every copy of Win98 sold. If I was the CEO of the company that makes WebCrawler, I would be suing the DOJ on Monday morning for (ironically) aiding and abetting in the demise of a competitive and free market. It's obvious to me that the boyz on Joel Klein's team are showing a suspicious amount of extremely radical favoritism towards Netscape. How sad. And to think we are paying their salaries.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (19150)	5/17/1998 12:57:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Btw Daniel, I am not at all opposed to a long and detailed court drama. I personally suspect that some of the contracts MSFT has the OEMs sign in re bundled Office Suite software could be heavy-handed. After all, MS Office brings in the most $ in sales for MSFT than any other single product. And it's odd that Corel and Lotus have virtually disappeared from the PC OEM landscape. And it's not because MS-Office is superior. At different times, one product leads the others in terms of new features. The computer magazines regularly review these suites, and MS-Office is never "hands down" the obvious better product. When PC Mag last reviewed Corel WP Suite 7 and Office 7, it was a toss-up which was better. Mostly they sported the same features, except each had a handful of other features that the other one didn't have. So why is MS-Office the only thing you can get at Dell, GTW, and Micron? But as for the browser, MS has a right to program browsing "web view" features into Win98. No question. And I certainly don't think the govt has any right to ban shipment of a legal product. Thank goodness MSFT knows their rights, and are shipping Win98 to OEMs on Monday. I don't think the DOJ wanted an out of court settlement. Lawyers always prefer litigation. So. Let the court battle begin in earnest.