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State attorneys general may sue to keep Microsoft from shipping the new operating system to PC makers in May. But if the A.G.s relent, or fail in court, and you get the chance to upgrade (at $109 a pop), what to expect? Win 98 is a clear step up from Win 95, but it's an evolution, not a revolution...
Whether Internet Explorer is "integrated" into Windows 95, and thus permitted under the 1995 consent decree between Microsoft and the Feds, has yet to be decided. Clearly, though, IE 4 is an integral part of Win 98, which lets you browse your own hard drive the same way you would the Web. For the record: yes, you can install Netscape Navigator on Win 98 machines, and even run IE and Navigator simultaneously. But IE launches much faster than Navigator, and so far at least, Microsoft won't let PC makers replace the Explorer icon with Navigator's. Gates' critics call...
Bill Gates wants to turn your PC into a full-purpose multimedia box. Win 98 users who shell out $100 for a TV add-in card can tune in to all the browser-based WebTV content Hollywood can produce--if Microsoft can persuade Hollywood to produce it. Also key: a new DVD driver that should make gaming hotter than ever...
...invited to Seattle for more interviews. My trip to the Pacific Northwest--the home base of the Evil Empire--was unquestionably the only redeeming episode in the fiasco that has been my summer job search. The natural scenery was gorgeous and the Microsoft corporate campus is a testimony to the great things that monopolies who employ unfair trading practices can accomplish...
...battle of wills, the Microsoft Man almost won. After a while, his stubborn refusal to return my calls and messages got me thinking that perhaps I wasn't worth a formal rejection. Eventually he did cave in--after I filled his voice-mail box three days in a row, I received the official ax along with the threat of a restraining order. The next day I contacted the Justice Department to inquire about internships with the anti-trust division. There was nothing available...