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To: antiRepublicrat
Naaa, Giving it away is ok what was not was MS telling OEM's that they could not package Netscape with Windows..
182 posted on 02/24/2006 11:48:03 AM PST by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3
Naaa, Giving it away is ok

In the context of a monopoly it was dumping. The OEM thing was technically tying, another aspect of monopolistic practices. These things can be okay in general, but the context of the (then) current business environment and state of technology they were illegal.

188 posted on 02/24/2006 12:44:18 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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