Re: DOJ, Microsoft settle (like dust)

[Tod Landis <landis@cruzio.com>]

Doesn't look good.  If all that MS is required to do is make
the EXE hidden and drop the icon it will be a trivial
matter for MS to tell users how to reinstall it.  A sentence
or two of instructions will be enough.  The browser is essentially
bound to the OS.

So, it looks like Microsoft wins this battle.  Still, my
impression is they lost a lot of PR ground.   Had this
experience at the library last week:  I was tracking down
some info about something else and asked the reference
librarian for help.  He turned to his PC and started IE
to access a library page on the net.  I said,  "Hmmm, you should
be using Netscape."  and his response was "I know, I know,
we're all talking about it."

Talk like that is good...even if this example comes from
Scotts Valley, where we have just a slight anti-MS bias.

Tod Landis.


Glenn T. Livezey wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:07:03 -0500 (EST), PA Petricone wrote:
> >Well, now - we have movement.
> >It will only matter if it continues in open forums like this one. I
> >consider it a privilege to have had the opportunity to share in the
> >dialog with this group.
>             In re: John Bryan's post of
> >>Subject: DOJ, Microsoft settle
> >>|http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18357,00.html
> >>|"just in The Justice Department and Microsoft have announced
> >>|a settlement on a major issue stalling their high-profile
> >>|antitrust dispute. According to both sides, Microsoft has
> >>|agreed to immediately provide computer vendors with the
> >>|most up-to-date version of Windows 95 without the Internet
> >>|Explorer icon."
> >>|I guess the smell of Contempt brewing in the kitchen was
> >>|too much...
>
> It remains to be seen what sort of "movement" this represents.
> As the main issue in this DOJ case is MS's blatant disregard for
> their previous "agreement", I think we might wait to see what ships
> before evaluating the progress this "movement" provides. If it
> follows from past MS behavior, it is most likely to trace its origins to
> the large bowel.
>
> This is Not meant to criticize the previous post. On the contrary,
> I share in PA Petricone's hope for the significance of this event,
> the need for continued efforts in forums such as this, and the sense
> of priviledge that derives from interaction with this group.
>
> Best Regards to all
>
>
> Glenn T. Livezey, Ph.D.
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