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

[Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com>]

Norm wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:05:01 -0400 (EDT), Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> >Seem to me to be a couple diff questions here:
> >
> >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"
> >
> >4. Does order cover W98? First, is it a successor version? Second, well,
> >keep reading...
> >
> >5. Assuming arguendo that Jackson was right to grant injunction because W95
> >& IE are //not// integrated, does the fact pattern change with W98 and IE
> >4.0? Probably yes. Internet browser software is integrated, I believe, with
> >W98, so why would the consent decree and subsequent court order cover it?
> >
> >6. However, does this apparent integration raise tying/bundling questions
> >for W98? You tell me...
> 
>      Of course it does.  This supposed 'integration' was only done as a
> way to bundle the browser.  From what I can tell the difference is more
> about distribution rather than true 'integration'.  All M$ has really
> done is change the packaging for IE by creating suspicious dependencies
> and moving code needed for several OS services into IE related files.
> Hell, with these kinds of tactics you could even "integrate" the game
> Doom into windoze.

Now that makes sense. :)

> 
>  ...Cheers,
> 
>  ...Norm
> 
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