Re: E-greeting card firm wins Microsoft case

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> As the Post noted today, the MS filter also blocked MS greeting cards.
> Hardly something that was done to stomp a rival.
> 
> -Declan

   I had not seen the Washington Post story by Shannon Henry, which is
on the web at:

http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-12/22/086l-122298-idx.html

As Declan indicates, she does paraphrase Tom Philla, a Microsoft
spokeman, as saying
"Microsoft's own greeting cards get routed to the same folder".  As with
other disputes regarding interoperability with Microsoft products, I
don't think Mr. Philla's comments are necessarily the last word on this.

The Blue Mountain statement on the case is at:
http://www1.bluemountain.com/home/ImportantNotice.html?122198


Microsoft's statement is at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/Dec98/BluMt.htm


Jamie


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