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Friends at last!
http://money.cnn.com/.../microsoft/index.htm

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Paul: May 29, 2003, 5:07 PM
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a seven-year licensing agreement that allows AOL Time Warner to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browsing technology in its flagship Internet service provider service without having to pay royalties.

Microsoft achieves deeper market penetration... $750M is peanuts to Microsoft... Microsoft win again... think... will there ever be an end to Bill's monopoly?


moog
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Microsoft achieves deeper market penetration...

No deeper to what they have already. AOL have used IE for years. I'm not sure the royalty free deal will give MS any further penetration.
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How the hell can they sue MS when a) Netscape wasn't owned by AOL at the time the suit considers, and b) when AOL themselves continue to force their users onto a modified version of IE in their client software, especially now that they've owned Netscape for several years.

Philip
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fuzzy thoughts: May 30, 2003, 12:58 AM