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<follow-ups edited to something a bit more realistic>


Jack Hudler (ja...@itsnet.com) wrote:
: Rony.Fl...@wu-wien.ac.at wrote:
: >Utilizing a marketing path not available to any other.

: These marketing paths ARE available to others. Just go buy
: a new PC for christ sake. Most OEMs are preinstalling
: AOL and Compuserv, and there is nothing in the Microsoft
: OEM license that says this cannot continue.
: And it will continue, because you can bet AOL and Compuserv
: will be just as agressive if not more than Microsoft.

Bzzzzttt...  thanks for playing. There is a major differnce between MSN
pre-bundling and AOL pre-bundling: who pays who.

           1: The OEM pays MS to preload MSN (as a part of W95).

           2: AOL pays the OEM to preload their client app.

This is a major diff. AOL is limited in how many machines will be shipped 
with AOL since they have a limited budget for such bundling. However, MS
has no such limitation, and in fact make a profit on each copy of MSN 
shipped even if the end-user does not log int MSN. AOL only makes a profit
if the end-user logs in and purchases the service.

MSN will not be using fair marketing unless:

         All other major On-line services are coded as a part of W95

                               or

          The OEMs bundle the others services at no cost to the service.

Just my 2 little pennies.

Eric
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