-=> Quoting Justin Baustert to Robert Plett <=-
 TE> What about Microsoft's little policy of *requiring* vendors to buy
 TE> Internet Explorer in order to be *allowed* to purchase Windows
 
 RP> Was that truly the situation, or was it rather that Win95 was simply
 RP> unavailable without it?
 JB> There is a documented case with Compaq where they were getting ready
 JB> to ship  systems pre-loaded with Netscape instead of IE.  Microsoft
 JB> found out, and  threatened to end their contract w/respect to Windoze95
 JB> if IE was removed  from these systems.. Compaq caved when they were
 JB> pushed on the issue.. 
 If the contract called for IE to be used, then Microsoft was within
 their rights. Bottom line, as the owner of the product, Microsoft has
 the right to market it the way they wish, if you don't like it, buy
 another OS.
 david.hartung@mcione.com
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