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Nick is incorrect. The DOJ objects to inclusion of Internet Explorer into
Windows 95 OSR 2, Windows 98 and probably Windows 2000 Pro (AKA Windows NT
5.0 Wks.)
M$ charges very dearly for Exchange on Windows NT.
****NEWSFLASH****
At the top of the hour, ABC news reported that Microsoft and Netscape were
merging!!!
I thought it was a joke, and I waited for a correction. None was
forthcoming. The folks at ABC news are clueless. Perhaps the same people
there moonlight at Computerworld.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Demos [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, 23 November, 1998 12:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: More on-topic than off: AOL is likely going to buy Netscape
Joe Geiser wrote:
>
> > Wirt writ:
> > >
> > > The Associated Press is reporting the following this evening:
> > >
> >> > > WASHINGTON (Nov. 22) - In a stunning alliance that could
> > change the landscape
> > > of the nation's technology industry, America Online is in
> > talks to buy
> > > Netscape Communications Corp., a person close to the
> > situation said Sunday.
> >
>> This deal seems to be a split, with AOL getting Netscape's portal site
> (which they've wanted for awhile), and Sun getting the server business
> (which means that Netscape's server business, including FastTrack, would
> come from Sun)...
>
> Methinks that the current Microsoft situation makes for some strange
> bedfellows. Of course, Microsoft says that this current arrangement is
> exactly what DOJ is attempting to stop MS from also getting into, so they
> are crying foul over the entire thing.
>
Well, not "exactly". DOJ initially objected to MS Exchange being
imbedded in
the OS. I don't see how SUN can imbed he Netscape server
software in its OS
and make many sales. If that occurs, NetscAPE WILL SIMPLY
DISAPPEAR, WHICH IT
SHOWS SIGNS OF DOING ANYWAY.
Nick D.
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