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Source: Henry Ferlauto (ferlauto@mindpsring.com)
Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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Dirk,

It's not OS/2 per se, but I think it's important enough for 
everyone to know.

Henry
P.S.  Sorry you won't be with us in Chicago.  You will be 
missed.  When you dig out from the pile of work you're 
under, how about scripting your remarks anyway and then 
posting them on OS/2 e-Zine!?

Source:  CNN Interactive 
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/14/microsoft.gates.ap
/

Gates stirs mixed reaction in latest public defense of 
company's practices 

                  October 14, 1998
                  Webposted at 3:05 PM EDT 

                  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida (AP)
                  -- Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill
                  Gates was hissed by some
                  software customers this morning
                  as he defended his firm's disputed
                  practices in a last-minute public
                  tour before the government's
                  historic antitrust lawsuit against
                  Microsoft goes to trial. 

                                          Gates drew the 
mixed response after an
                                          industry analyst 
said many business
                                          software buyers 
feel they are forced to
                                          buy the latest 
Microsoft software at often
                  high prices because of the way Microsoft 
designs its computer
                  programs. 

                  Gates insisted most customers choose to 
upgrade because they want
                  the new features. But some clearly 
disagreed among the thousands of
                  corporate technology managers attending a 
computer symposium
                  here. 

                  "People like me are forced to upgrade," 
said Bill Schrier, speaking after
                  Gates' talk. Schrier manages the 
telecommunications network used by
                  Seattle's city government. 

                  The issue is a key one in the government's 
case against Microsoft,
                  which accuses the software giant of 
exploiting its monopoly in personal
                  computer operating systems to crush 
software rivals, limiting
                  consumer choice. Microsoft adamantly 
defends its practices, which it
                  contends actually bring consumers greater 
choice of software features
                  at low prices. 

                  In the latest accusations to emerge, The 
Wall Street Journal reported
                  today that Apple -- which struck an 
alliance with Microsoft last year -- is
                  privately upset about what its executives 
regard as Microsoft's
                  attempts to stifle an Apple multimedia 
technology called QuickTime. 

                  The Journal, citing a previously 
undisclosed account that Apple
                  supplied to state and federal 
investigators, said engineers at Compaq
                  Computer Corp. were interested in 
licensing QuickTime in a deal that
                  might have given Apple a $2 royalty for 
each Compaq machine using
                  the software. But senior Compaq executives 
overruled subordinates for
                  fear that Microsoft might object to a 
licensing arrangement, Apple
                  executives said. 

                  Gates has been busily criss-crossing the 
nation this week, just before
                  the Justice Department's case goes to 
trial, set for Monday. He
                  appeared publicly Tuesday in St. Louis and 
on Monday in Bloomington,
                  Ind., and in Denver. He was scheduled to 
appear in Charlotte, N.C.
                  later today. 

                  In Florida, Gates defended his company's 
practice of continually
                  integrating new software features into its 
Windows operating system.
                  The Justice Department's case hinges on 
accusations that Microsoft,
                  by giving away its own Internet browser in 
its latest operating program,
                  has shut out Netscape, which pioneered the 
market. 

                  "We think it was a pretty obvious thing to 
get the browser capability built
                  into the operating system," Gates said. 
"We're very confident that kind
                  of innovation is a great thing." 

                  Copyright 1998   The Associated Press. All 
rights reserved. This
                  material may not be published, broadcast, 
rewritten, or redistributed.




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