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To: Bearded One who wrote (22445)	1/20/1999 6:40:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 24154

Boies, Schmalensee Keep Dueling Over Microsoft Business Practices An INTERACTIVE JOURNAL News Roundup A witness appearing for Microsoft Corp. grudgingly acknowledged that restrictions the company placed on personal-computer makers may have been aimed at promoting the software giant's Internet Explorer browser and not simply assuring a uniform Windows experience. A uniform Windows experience is the explanation the company has consistently used to explain the curbs it imposed in 1996 on PC makers who wanted to alter the boot-up, or starting sequence, of the Windows operating system. The revelation came out during government attorney David Boies' cross-examination of economist Richard Schmalensee, who is testifying for Microsoft at the company's antitrust trial in Washington, D.C. The screen restrictions are just one piece of evidence at issue in the broad antitrust action the Justice Department and 19 states have brought against the company. In the suit, the government has charged Microsoft with using its Windows dominance as a means to grab new markets and hinder its rivals. interactive.wsj.com

To: Bearded One who wrote (22445)	1/20/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Bearded One, >>I'm sure of that point. My friends at Microsoft spoke openly about neutralizing Corel and how integrating IE with Windows would help deal with Netscape. Another friend of mine had friends at Microsoft who talked about solving the Java threat by "embracing it to death." All in the best interest of the consumers for sure. >>As Dr. Laura Schlessinger might say, they've become their own moral authority. Not really, it is just that they've risen above us and are protecting us from ourselves. "Windows: the last decision you will ever have to make..." Cheers, Norm