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To: Bearded One who wrote (21610)	11/20/1998 3:05:00 PM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 24154

We're talking about removing an icon from the screen. at about the same time as this discussion, CPQ decided to do a whole 'Compaq experience' startup on their enterprise products, and completely replaced the MS startup screens and procedures with custom CPQ sequences. Their response to MSFT objections to 'altering the bits' was to replace those sections they objected to. This may or may not have been CPQ's subtle way of letting MSFT know just how concerned they were about this particular tactic, but it had the effect of breaking the rest of the industry loose from the 'windows experience' practice. Now it is routine to see splash screens and custom setup from the majors, but it was CPQ who drove the point home.