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Windows 95 users will find a defragmentation program in the System Tools folder. Better yet, the Microsoft Plus! Pack adds System Agent, which can automatically tune up your hard disk at a scheduled interval...
Windows 95 users are in luck, though, since Microsoft requires that all programs bearing the "Designed for Windows 95" logo come with a built-in uninstaller program to remove themselves completely from your hard disk...
TAKING ON MICROSOFT...
Your report on the U.S. Justice department's antitrust suit against Microsoft [BUSINESS, Nov. 3] had a balanced view and was well written. But the issue is not whether Microsoft is a monopoly or uses unfair practices, such as requiring its hardware partners to put its Web browser, Internet Explorer, on the computers they make. The question is, Should the government do anything about it? It ought to break Microsoft into two or three companies and then get out of the way and let them compete. CHIEH CHANG Hillsborough, Calif...
...Justice Department and Netscape should stop whining about Microsoft's alleged monopoly. In a competitive marketplace, failure to serve customers means that the competition wins. The Sherman Antitrust Act was never designed to protect companies that fail to provide service and then whine when their customers turn to competitors for it. JOHN M. SHONTZ Helena, Mont...