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To: rudedog who wrote (12306)	11/18/1998 12:51:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Maybe I misunderstood an announcement from HP earlier this year that stated HP and a couple others (I though MSFT was one of them that co-announced) would be developing their own derivitive of Java. If you remember this announcement and can shed light on this it would be helpful... Toy

To: rudedog who wrote (12306)	11/18/1998 1:45:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't talking about IE and Java so much as I was talking about the DOJ antitrust case. Here's the syllogism: 1) The number one distribution channel for Java is the browser market. 2) Microsoft has been accused to trying to eliminate Netscape from the desktop, specifically through integration of IE with Win95. 3) If Microsoft eliminates Netscape from the desktop, and Java is no longer distributed with Win 98/2000, then the number one distribution channel for Java has been blocked. 4) It can be argued that closing off the main distribution channel for a competing product (Java allegedly competes with Win32) is anticompetitive. Or were you talking about something else?