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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (21169)	11/1/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: ed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

The testomany from David Colburn only showed to the court that back in 1996 , AOL saw the NSCP as a real threat to AOL's business with NSCP owning more than 90% of the browser business , and is ready to enter into AOL's internet service business with its Netcenter , and Monopoly in the browser market. It is hard proof i.e Colburn saw NSCP as a big threat to AOL from his own memo. That is why AOL came to NSCP for a deal under the following conditions 1) NSCP promised not to get into AOL's business in three years. and 2) NSCP agreed to let AOL has a seat in NSCP's board so that AOL can be sure that NSCP wil fulfill its promise of 1) or 1) NSCP gave its NSCP to AOL, and let AOL have a control so that AOL can make sure NSCP will not get into the INTERNET SERVICE business. NSCP did not agree any of the above, so AOL went to Microsoft and promise Microsoft that AOL will help to promote Microsoft's IE if Microsoft will put AOL's icon in win95 which will let AOL have a parity if MSFT later decided to get into the Internet service too. By helping Microsof promoting IE, AOL will break NSCP's monopoly position in Browser market , which will also reduce the chance of NSCP entering the internet service business, or at least delay it. So, AOL is really use MSFT to kill NSCP, or break NSCP monopoly position in browser. As to Colburn claimed that the reason MSFT got AOL's contract is because MSFT will put AOL's icon into win95, that is just pure lie thinking about that AOL already had 13 millions of customers at that time and with the help of ALL hardware OEM vendors. Colburn really tried to hide its real intention in the testomany, so he was lying , and we all knew that based on hard proof provided by AOL itself !!!

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (21169)	11/2/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

This shows just how afraid MSFT is of Open Source Software : tuxedo.org -justinb

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (21169)	11/3/1998 12:24:00 AM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 24154

Why are Apple's allegations about Microsoft "threatening" to discontinue Office For Mac considered illegal? I also disagree with people saying that Microsoft Office is a monopolistic product. Sure, Office has something like 95% marketshare, but there are several serious competitors out there with good products and stable financial backing. Just as a point of reference, I would say that it would be a lot easier to argue that Windows9x has a monopoly position. Not to mention that economically, it can probably be proven that it's not in Microsoft's best financial interests to continue supporting Macintosh. (Of course, it's also not in Microsoft's best strategic/DOJ interests if Apple died.)