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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Halloween memo - what does it mean?
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981105234842.00aa25c0@genesis.ispace.com> from Drew Baxter at "Nov 6, 98 00:00:18 am"
To: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com (Drew Baxter)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 16:35:04 -0800 (PST)
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Drew Baxter wrote:
> Personally, I think Operating System manufacturers shouldn't be allowed to
> make market-competitive applications.  Not if we're just going to have
> intentional flukes exploited by installing Exchange and Eudora on a machine
> or something like that.

	indeed.  this is the maximal result from  the lawsuit or 
	string of lawsuits that microsoft will/may face over
	the next decade.  breakup into OS company and applications
	company(ies)....its happened before
jmb



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