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To: ed who wrote (21318)	11/10/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Again your logics is funny !!! Your English is funny, ed. As to "logics", I see you don't have much to go on beyond the dreaded automotive metaphorical analogy. Maybe if you could demonstrate some legal knowledge, we'd have something to argue about. Cheers, Dan.

To: ed who wrote (21318)	11/11/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Again your logics is funny !!! And your usage of the English language is funny. So , NSCP should have the right to have every distribution for its products based on your logics. No, I just believe that NSCP should have the same free access to the distribution channels that MSFT does. As it is now, through explicit and implicit threats, MSFT controls the channels. The distributors themselves should be free to choose what they want to bundle without fear of MSFT reprisals. So, if that is the case that win95 should carry NN, then should FORD's vendors help to promote Crysler's cars ? By putting cars of both companies in one demo room, the consumers do not have to walk from vendors to vendors. This analogy does not work. The software distribution channels are not at all like car distribution channels. It is just as easy to buy a Ford as a Chrysler for the average buyer. Sure, some people might live a little closer to one dealership than the other, but overall, statistically over large numbers of people, that advantage evens out. Because it has a pretty fair distribution channel, if one vendor predominates, it is because the consumers prefer its cars. This is not so in the software business. OTOH, there are numerous instances where MSFT has won with inferior or about-the-same technology as competitors solely because of their power of distribution.