Re: Windows 98 unaffected by injunction? How can this be?

[Paul Rickard <msbc@abctec.com>]

Declan McCullagh wrote:
*snipped*
> 1. Does 1995 consent decree cover successor products? Yes. "successor
> versions of or products marketed as replacements for the aformentioned
> products"
> 
> 2. Does consent decree cover W98? Arguably yes, if W98 is a successor version.
> 
> 3. Does Dec 97 order cover successor products? Yes. "including Windows 95
> or any succesor version thereof"

	It's simple.. Since the OS and Browser departments of Microsoft Corp.
are now one and the same, The Behemoth will just claim Windows 98 is an
upgrade to IE with a free operating system wrapped around it. Since the
decrees and orders only cover successor versions of Windows, a new, very
expensive browser upgrade wouldn't be affected by them. (If it comes
down to it, I'd bet big money Ms lawyers use that tactic for another 6
months of delay.) If you don't believe me, think about how unbelieveable
the events of the last eight months seemed 3 years ago.

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