RE: Evidence of tying

["David E. Y. Sarna" <David@ObjectSoftCorp.com>]

  Outside of Communist China, Iraq and similar places, software vendors
  are not compelled to support - or not support particular platforms. If a
  vendor chooses to stand on the tall shoulders of some other vendor's
  software, which then becomes a prerequisite for its own, then that is
  legal, proper, and probably smart. If it chooses to stand on a platform
  which is buggy or annoying to the public, then the public won't buy its
  software. If everyone felt as you did, then Cybermedia would be
  motivated to change its policies. In the mean time, they probably
  reduced their development costs considerably by relying on features of
  IE and ActiveX, and I doubt that many besides you did anything but
  cheer.
  
  Different strokes for different folks. Freedom of choice. It's the
  American way.
  
  Regards,
  David E. Y. Sarna       davids@objectsoftcorp.com
  ObjectSoft Corp. (NASDAQ:OSFT)    http://www.objectsoftcorp.com
  433 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601
  Tel.: (201) 343-9100    Fax: (201) 343-0056
  
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From:	Hans Reiser [SMTP:reiser@ricochet.net]
  > Sent:	Monday, November 03, 1997 3:48 AM
  > To:	Multiple recipients of list
  > Subject:	Re: Evidence of tying
  > 
  > I don't know why it bounced....
  > 
  > Please try again, I need to switch ISPs perhaps....
  > 
  > claribba wrote:
  > 
  > > I sent the following answer to Hans Reiser to reiser@richocet.net
  > > The message was returned as undeliverable.  Maybe he can read it
  > here?
  > >
  > > >Hans,
  > > >
  > > >I posted a couple of messages refering to Cybermedia's First Aid 98
  > > requiring MSIE & ActiveX to be installed in order for the programs
  > to work.
  > >  It is sent on the install CD, reads your hard drive, and if IE is
  > not
  > > there you must allow it to be installed.
  > > >
  > > >Is this what you mean?  My understanding is that no legal action
  > can be
  > > taken in my dealings with Cybermedia because no harm was done.  I
  > simply
  > > returned the whole package.
  > 
  > Did Cybermedia act independently without inducement from Microsoft? If
  > so, then
  > there is probably no case.
  > 
  > > >
  > > >If I don't receive a refund...then I could take action.
  > 
  > The refund doesn't affect whether your desired trade of purchasing
  > both
  > Cybermedia and Netscape was restrained.
  > 
  > > >
  > > >I hope you get some positive responses to your proposal.  Sounds
  > like a
  > > good idea to me.
  > 
  > Thanks.
  > 
  > > >
  > > >Claire Macdonald
  > > >
  > 
  >   Best wishes,
  > 
  > Hans