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From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com>
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> Well... if you dont mind selling your soul to Satan, ur, I mean Bill
> Gates, look into Internet Explorer.  Once you sign up, you can distribute
> the Win3.1 and Win95 versions for -Free- all you gotta do is make the
> disks.

No, That's not all ya gotta do. From the licensing agreement at
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ieak/iedist.htm, near the bottom....

   EXHIBIT A TO THE LICENSE AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT       

   COMPANY Obligations                                

   1. Within thirty (30) days following distribution of COMPANY's     
   Internet Product, COMPANY agrees to deploy the advanced features of
   MS' Internet Explorer HTML extensions in the design of COMPANY's home
   page.                                                              

There's more, but that's the most interesting obligation. They want to
tell you how do design your web pages. 

Fortunately, either party (including you) can opt out of the deal at a
later time, and it won't affect the users who already have the software.


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