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...criticism is not just that he is successful but that he has tried to leverage, unfairly and perhaps illegally, Microsoft's near monopoly in desktop operating systems in ways that would let him dominate everything from word processing and spreadsheets to Web browsers and content. The company is integrating its Internet Explorer browser and Microsoft Network content into its Windows operating system, a process that will culminate with the "Active Desktop" planned for Windows 97, due out in a few months. Critics see a pattern of Microsoft's playing hardball to make life difficult for competing operating systems and applications...
...They are trying to use an existing monopoly to retard introduction of new technology," says Gary Reback, the Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer representing Netscape and other Microsoft competitors. The stakes are much higher than whose Web browser wins. Netscape is enhancing its browser to serve as a platform to run applications. "In other words," says Reback, "if Netscape is successful, you won't need Windows or a Microsoft operating system anymore." On the other hand, if Microsoft is allowed to embed its Web browser into its operating system in a manner that maintains its monopoly, Reback warns, "where will...
Gates makes no apologies. "Any operating system without a browser is going to be f______ out of business," he says. "Should we improve our product, or go out of business?" Later, on his trip to Japan, he returns to the subject in a two-page E-mail. "Customers are benefiting here in the same way they benefited from graphical interfaces, multitasking, compressions and dozens of other things," he writes. "If improving a product based on customer input is willful maintenance of trying to stay in business and not have Netscape turn their browser into the most popular operating system, then...
Security First National Bank (www.snfb.com) is an FDIC-insured bank that offers services strictly over the Internet; there is no local branch to visit. To deposit funds, you use ATMs or direct deposit; all bill payments are done over the Web with a secure browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer...
...niche applications in business and certain of the sciences, of what practical use are computers or the Internet? The minor applications in business and research are valuable, but otherwise computers look to me like nothing more than expensive toys--Barbie dolls for spoiled and bored grownups--and the Internet browser programs look suspiciously like this year's dresses for Barbie. MARTY MELTZER Morton Grove, Illinois...