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To: fishweed who wrote (7613)	5/19/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Davd S. Carson	Respond to of 74651

To all: Doesn't it seem obvious that these suits by the states are nothing more than politics and extortion? What do these AGs really think that they are doing. Protecting their citizens? How many of these poor bastards were thanking their AG when their stock dropped on Monday? How many of these states have a boat load of MSFT in their retirement portfolios? I for one will just keep complaining about MSFT (quietly) all the way to the bank. Long on MSFT

To: fishweed who wrote (7613)	5/19/1998 12:42:00 PM
From: MR. PANAMA (I am a PLAYER)	Respond to of 74651

Nicholas...you hit de nail in de head...NSCP has problems rolling with the punches in the rapidly changing web. They had the great start but cannot jump the hurdles as they come up. Now they want the other runners to have their legs tied together. GRIM has SPOKEN...NSCP needs more practice. Things change fast on the web and companies that are flexible move to the changing styles. NSCP should focus on other revenue sources and move fast...They should go after key industries and forge strong alliances with catchy and innovative advertising techniques. They need another VISIONARY to take this company to the next stage ...they need fewer CRYBABIES...

To: fishweed who wrote (7613)	5/19/1998 12:49:00 PM
From: Logos	Respond to of 74651

Actually, there is a very good reason for Netscape to want its free browser to sell in large numbers. Netscape doesn't get revenue directly from its browser now. However, Netscape wants as much market share as it can get so that Netscape servers (which it does get a lot of revenue from) are sold in large numbers. Ergo, giving away Netscape's browser in Windows would help Netscape. On a personal note: This thread is becoming emotional and is losing a lot of the very useful stock analysis it used to have. Instead, it's looking more and more like the AMD (kill Intel) thread. Are we here to vent our spleens and call Gates and/or Klein names, or are we here to make money. I'll now get off my soap box and put on my flame-retardent suit, even though I was not intending to offend anyone. Haz

To: fishweed who wrote (7613)	5/19/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Nicolas, one option for the DOJ is to force MS to charge users extra for browsing features. That way Netscape could go back to "charging" users of their browser. I'm not opposed to this idea, even though it will of course make computers cost more. Do you use Netscape's browser? If so, did you pay for it?