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To: Bearded One who wrote (19372)	5/19/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: drmorgan	Respond to of 24154

This is not on the DOJ subject, but interesting still. Don't get caught in Wintel's speed trap: I encourage and applaud technological advances of all kinds, and I'm not a Luddite. But creating technologies like Chrome is like buying a new sofa and then, when you realize it won't fit into your living room, buying a new house for the sofa. It's also like Microsoft charging almost $100 for a meaningless upgrade to Windows 95 and then crying that the economy will tank if it's not allowed to ship for the 1998 school year. But you, the customer, are smarter than Wintel. And you have it in your power to let them know that you aren't going to be coerced into spending tight resources on whiz-bang features. zdnet.com

To: Bearded One who wrote (19372)	5/19/1998 6:23:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

Here's a good outtake from the Salon Magazine article. It is a counterpoint to the constant whining of Gates claiming that the government is trying to get into software design. Shapiro: This is the beauty of what Justice has done -- they don't need to show that the operating system and browser are separate products. Today's press release says, "[Assistant Attorney General Joel] Klein stated that the preliminary injunction being sought will not require Microsoft to redesign Windows 98. Our focus in the motion for preliminary injunction is not the code, it's on their agreements to limit the distribution and promotion of competing browsers." That's a good catch phrase: It's not the code, it's the contract. That's what antitrust law knows how to deal with -- contracts. It's where Klein has put his stake in the ground. Microsoft will say, "Oh they're trying to make us redesign our product." If you look at this case, they're very carefully avoiding that. Microsoft can say it, but it's not true.