__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 16:33 \__
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | From: Bill Gates
>> | Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1989 9:44 AM
>> | To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
>> | Cc: Paul Mariz
>> | Subject: Office rendering
>> |
>> | One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
>> | documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of
>> | the most destructive things we could do to the company.
>> |
>> | We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
>> | documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
>> |
>> | Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office
>> | has
>> | to to destroy Windows.
>> `----
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>> http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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> Is there something wrong with the date? Maybe it should be 1999?
> There were no browsers in 1989. The link requires an account, so I
> didn't follow it.
It's 1998. Doug's type
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
Haven't checked if I got it right. There are some more mirrors out there.
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