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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (19552)	4/2/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

As well as the associated negotiations with the boxmakers intended to disallow navigator to be pre-installed on any windows machines. At least one company, Compaq (also the largest) had serious objections to this practice by msft but had no choice but to dump Navigator for fear of losing a competitive advantage with msft. As soon as it was clear the DOJ was weakening msfts position a little, Compaq put Navigator right back. I am a msft bull, but they really blew it with these practices with the boxmakers... I mean how arrogant can you be not to know this is going to cause serious problems down the line. They should have just integrated IE and let Netscape whither away. Michelle --- That's incorrect. Microsoft's issue with Compaq was NOT about distributing Netscape, it was the removal of the IE icon. Windows OEMs are free to load additional software on systems, but they are not free to remove components of Windows. Many companies ship systems with both IE and Navigator. Including Compaq. - Eric

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (19552)	4/2/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: J Krnjeu	Respond to of 74651

Ms. Michelle Harris, I am a msft bull, but they really blew it with these practices with the boxmakers... Actually this is the common business practice not the exception. It's similar to car dealers. Car dealers had to sign agreements stating they could not own a competition's car line. That ment they could own several car dealerships but only from the same car line, ex. only Chevy, only Ford, no Oldsmobile, no Mercury no mixing. Then if you were big enough and fought with the manufacture they would relent and let you own a different car line. As the best dealerships grew, they had a great impact on the car manufacture so they could do more of what they wanted. Today it is not uncommon to have one dealership sell many different car lines. The automobile manufactures were never taken to court on this issue. There was a different mentality back then. Thank You JK