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

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (7470)	5/18/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

If you had ever attained any level of success in the business world you would feel differently.

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (7470)	5/18/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft Monopoly -Public Policy A Public Policy Question: Considering Microsoft's unique position in the computer Hardware/Software market place, should Microsoft be made immune to anti-trust considerations in their business practices? HR

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (7470)	5/18/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: MR. PANAMA (I am a PLAYER)	Respond to of 74651

nscp (NOTICE SMALL LETTERS) HAS MKT SHARE 60% SO why are we asked to help them....

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (7470)	5/18/1998 3:30:00 PM
From: ILCUL8R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I am a consumer and do not consider myself stupid. But, I remember what a pain in the axx it was to get W95 running without Internet Explorer. An OS should be an OS, and major applications softwares should remain as separate applications. Making an OS work quite seamlessly with applications softwares can be done with a standard set of APIs. W98 should not have its IE code intimately woven into this new version of Windows. Consider the June issue of Family PC's article "20 Questions on Windows 98:" Question 11: Can I keep using my favorite Web browser? Answer: Windows 98 automatically installs Internet Explorer 4.0 -- it doesn't give you a choice -- so if you've been using an earlier version of Explorer, you're out of luck: Windows 98 updates it to version 4.0. Netscape Navigator fans can, of course, continue to use that browser and even keep it as the default browser (the one that opens when you click on a link). If you use Navigator, the issue becomes one of hard disk space. While you can remove the IE 4.0 icon from the desktop, it's almost impossible to eradicate Internet Explorer 4.0 from a Windows 98 PC. (In fact, it's downright dangerous to try.) Personally, I prefer choices in my life. Windows is already dangerous to use and should not become more so. Plus, I want the choice as to how my hard disk space is used. I don't want it cluttered up with two different browser files when I only want to use one of them. Choices are important to the consumer. This is my opinion as a consumer who owns neither NSCP or MSFT stock...

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (7470)	5/18/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 74651

Ramsey, re The justice department should point out that it is not DOJ who wants to dictate what Windows should be,.. Oh really? Then how come they want Netscape to be bundled with Win98, but not Opera or WebCrawler, or the other browsers???? Any answer? (other than they are giving NSCP their money's worth)