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To: almaxel who wrote (19352)	5/18/1998 10:51:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 24154

Ralf, "There are very, very few people we allow to be in the Windows box," the Microsoft official said. "If you want that preferential treatment from us, which is extraordinary treatment, we're going to want something very extraordinary from you." Computer makers told the Justice Department they had no choice but to purchase Microsoft's Windows operating system for machines they sold. "We don't have a choice," an executive of Gateway 2000 Inc. (NYSE:GTW) told the government. Gateway and other manufacturers told the government that at various times they had asked Microsoft if they could remove all or part of Internet Explorer, but the company forbade such changes. So much for the OEMs making their own choices. Of course, "We don't have a choice" is sort of vague in an Encarta sort of way... Cheers, Norm