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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ed who wrote (19234)	5/18/1998 3:12:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

ed, Any definitive legal comment should come from Gerald on this one. Cheers, Norm

To: ed who wrote (19234)	5/18/1998 3:22:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

What you are suggesting is not what was indicated. Where you say: &#147NSCP had no other ways to distribute its products, since MSFT owns the sole distribution method of the browser, and that is why the DOJ required MSFT to include one copy of NSCP product in every WIN98 OS it sells&#133&#148 &#133what is being argued is that the pipeline is the OS. Through this, then IE is distributed. Whilst NSCP can indeed distribute through the net, the crux of the argument is IE's unfair headstart advantage coming through the PC OS "pipeline". Think of ATT (pre-breakup) owning the entire service grid, with no access provisions for a competitor such as MCI. The barriers to entry are such that no competitor could ever replicate such a service grid. Thus, inclusion of competitor services through the same pipline can be forced if an anti-trust case is successfully prosecuted. The same metaphor is being applied to the PC OS market and its customer base. -MrB&#153