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...surprisingly, the Senators had a few questions of their own. They wanted to know about Microsoft's licensing agreements with computer makers that effectively banished Netscape from the desktop. They wanted to hear why Microsoft decided to make its Internet browser inseparable from its operating system, Windows 95. And they wanted to know how the company set the price for the browser at zero. "I think there is a single, basic question underlying our inquiry," said chairman Hatch. "Is there a danger that monopoly power is--or could be--used to stifle innovation in the U.S. software industry today...
Like the ideas that dominate the cyberindustry today, TIME was never about information per se. It was about organizing it in ways that would enable curious people to get to it easily and quickly. Think of TIME as a pioneering version of a Web browser. And think of Luce and Hadden as the world's first cyberstars...
...Yeah, right. The Microsoft boss was thoroughly grilled over every aspect of his putative monopoly: Browser bundling. Predatory pricing. Shady licensing. Even Ted Kennedy and Strom Thurmond got in on the act. But they found themselves outpaced by Barksdale, a great showman. "Gentlemen, that's a monopoly," said the Netscape chief after asking for a show of hands from audience members with Windows 95. "We're letting the tail wag the dog here," he added...
...committee's chairman, Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and ranking minority member, former prosecutor Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who kicked off the questioning. Hatch pressed Gates for details on browser licensing relationships with Internet providers; Leahy was determined to learn more about fees Microsoft might charge for online transactions. Gates ducked, weaved, but generally came out sounding fairly reasonable...
Netscape may be great by itself, but IE's hooks into Word and Excel let businesses integrate documents with the Web with relative ease. Look for cross-product links to be the real "killer application" in the browser market...