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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1152)	6/2/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Kal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

becuase of the amount of dineros involved in content, as has been proven by hundreds of business models. Plus, Gate's insatiable appatite for control. the 'Crush them' attitude as has been reported by internal documents, and people's experience in working for MS. I hope you won't challenge this just for the sake of argument.

To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1152)	6/2/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

Why would MS want to gain leverage over internet content? Here's a scenario: MS integrates the browser, eventually Netscape goes under, Internet Explorer becomes the dominant interface for http. MS continues to add powerful features in a proprietary way, but content providers don't mind because they don't have to support another browser anymore. Everyone's happy, and the level of functionality (though not the quality) of the content you provide thru http has gone up dramatically. And then Microsoft discontinues Internet Explorer for the Mac (and any other non-ms operating systems). Dragonfly