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To: Andeveron who wrote (2080)	7/22/1998 8:46:00 PM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3183

>>>Since IE now comprises a major chunk of the browser market, Microsoft can bring the eyeballs directly to their engine without need for exposure on AMZN, YHOO or XCIT. And that would be their 'fatal' mistake. That's somewhere MS can't go with it, even though that would kill everybody....that's why DOJ and many others are riding on their back at this point in time. The rest of the press around the browser war is just that, press...but you hit the real crux of the story. Will never happen, and MicroSoft survive as a going concern, they'd cut it up and flush it.

To: Andeveron who wrote (2080)	7/22/1998 8:46:00 PM
From: Ron Gross	Respond to of 3183

Bill can help his cause quite a bit by making start.com the default home page for all installations of Internet Explorer. True, in theory, but last time I checked that is exactly what they have already done. The default page is the "your start page". The trick is making something people want to keep using. MSN was also a 'default icon', as is Internet Explorer (which although growing has still taken a surprising amount of time to gain ground considering the advantage). I am not saying they are not a threat, just that their Internet track record is not good.