Re: Bundling and operating systems

["Simon Cooke" <spectecjr@hotmail.com>]

From: "Lewis A. Mettler" <lmettler@lamlaw.com>
> Microsoft bundled IE because they saw that 80% of the consumers
> preferred Navigator.

Not according to sworn testimony from Marc Andreesen.

Someone brought this to my attention (they're not on-list):
According to unrefuted (repeat, unrefuted) evidence 
presented in the Microsoft case, Microsoft told 
representatives from Netscape and other companies that it 
planned to include its browser free with its operating 
systems. This occurred prior to the release of the first 
beta version of Netscape Navigator. 

This information comes from Mark Andreesen's own personal 
notes. Notes he wrote himself. It's right there in the 
evidence.

It is literally impossible for Microsoft to have decided 
to give away its browser, or for Microsoft to have 
decided to include it with its operating systems, because 
of Netscape's market position. When Microsoft announced 
that decision, Netscape did not have a market position. 
Netscape did not have a released product. Netscape did 
not even have a beta version of a product.

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So... you're wrong, apparently.

Simon