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Re: Boycott Microsoft

Subject: Re: Boycott Microsoft
From: "Christopher Smith" <drsmithy@usa.net>
Date: 1998/05/15
Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc, comp.sys.apple2, alt.windows95, comp.databases.informix, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.databases.oracle.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.apps.financial, microsoft.public.inetserver.iis, microsoft.public.internnet.mail, alt.invest
Organization: University of Queensland
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Rick Hatton wrote in message <19980514175254326755@ts3-13.aug.com>...
>Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>
>>      More vague, unsupported charges. If giving away a product free is
>> such an evil practice, then, supposedly, Netscape is even more evil than
>> Microsoft. Netscape makes the most popular browser and they give it away
>> free and this has surely wiped out competitors.
>
>Netscapse gives their browser away for free NOW. Previously it was free
>only to studints and non-profit orgs.  MS started giving it away free
>simply to stop Netscape. That is anti-compettive. Plus, MS is now in
>negotions with DOJ. They are willing to "allow" Navigator to be
>installed by the vendors, supposedly without penalty. This is being
>forced by the DOJ.


MS already "allows" Netscape to be installed by vendors.

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