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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (21588)	11/20/1998 1:39:00 AM
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Microsoft: How much do you want to pay today? This tidbit is not going to go over well in the PC community. Microsoft mulls annual Windows fee By Reuters Special to CNET News.com November 19, 1998, 5:00 p.m. PT An internal Microsoft memo released today at the ongoing Justice Department antitrust trial shows the software giant considering charging PC users an annual fee to use its Windows operating system, starting in 2001. In a December 1997 memo sent to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, Joachim Kempin, Microsoft's senior vice president for sales to PC makers, suggested an "annuity" paid by PC owners and called it "the best thing long term." Kempin was testifying during today's proceedings in the landmark suit brought by the DOJ and 20 states against the Redmond, Washington, company. Purchasers of new computers now pay a single fee for Windows, which is bundled into the overall cost of the computer.