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

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19280)	5/18/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Oh wow. Reggie just can't vibe with that ideology. He'd rather get down with the Stones, no doubt. Perhaps with Slade Gorton's version of "Satistfaction", conveniently forgetting the "I can't get no" part that seems totally appropriate, given the integrity and uniformity of the Windows experience. Cheers, Dan.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19280)	5/18/1998 2:56:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Reg- Mr and Mrs Baby Carriage wheeling through the shpping mall to buy something to connect to the Internet do not have a choice. Most will buy the Wintel special and few will bother or be able to use Netscape. Maybe a few will try Apple or Web-TV but Bill the utimate overachiever has seen to these. This is the huge future consumer market for online commerce. Tell me how you plan to get on the net without going thru Mr. Bill? This is the delivery system that is being equated with the Railroads of the Sherman Anti-Trust days. How do you ship from NY to California without going thru Mr Vanderbilt? Harvey

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19280)	5/18/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

I understand the argument of the OEM channel being dominated by MSFT, but NSCP had the oppurtunity to do that as well, they chose not to (they could have offered the free bundle and marketing perks in the form of site exposure and browser links to the larger institutions jsut like MSFT did - instead they waited until MSFT did it and tried to play catch up). It's not clear if NSCP could have done this. After all, MSFT dominated the OEM channel before NSCP was born, and any attempt by NSCP to bundle the browser probably would have been rejected by the OEMS, who would have been under pressure by MSFT to wait and bundle MSFT's browser when it becomes available.