AOL says .NET policy should be punished as well

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. would still allow the software giant to protect its Windows operating system monopoly and boost its Internet presence, an executive from archrival America Online testified on Wednesday. AOL Vice President John Borthwick backed alternative remedies offered by nine states still pursuing the case that aim to level the playing field for non-Microsoft software. Without such remedies, Borthwick painted a bleak picture for Microsoft's competitors. He said the new Windows XP (news - web sites) operating system, combined with Microsoft's .NET strategy, allows the company to dominate the emerging area of services that reside on a Web server rather than in software on a user's computer.

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[RANT]God Damn. AOL is the worst ****ing ISP there is they constantly push their buggy software in your face. If anyone should be punished it's AOL for creating a crappy piece of bloatware and instead of rewriting to fix the damn bugs they keep adding more **** to it with every release. I don't know how many systems I have had to work on because AOL has trashed the winsock. And their new version 7.0 is probably the biggest piece of crap they have ever released. Half the time users can't even sign on before it locks up.[/RANT]

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they have NO ****ing room to talk about including additional software with software you install. I just reformatted, installed AIM, ICQ, realplayer, winamp, netscape .... guess what they ALL ****ing had with them? oh, AOL install icon. they even put it in IE's favorites. those ****ing commies

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