From: Cu Digest (tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu) Computer underground Digest Sun Nov 23, 1997 Volume 9 : Issue 86 ISSN 1004-042X Editor: Jim Thomas (cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu) News Editor: Gordon Meyer (gmeyer@sun.soci.niu.edu) Archivist: Brendan Kehoe Shadow Master: Stanton McCandlish Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala Ian Dickinson Field Agent Extraordinaire: David Smith Cu Digest Homepage: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 97 08:15:26 -0800 From: "Gordon R. Meyer" Subject: File 5--Fwd: (Fwd) Common Control DLL and MSIE4.0 distribution ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date-- Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:24:07 -0500 From-- James Love The following is a letter by Brian Glaeske, a software developer, to the US DOJ, regarding the Common Control DLL. Microsoft's licensing requires developers who want to distribute this DLL to also distribute MSIE4.0 The URL for the license is: http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/sdk/inetsdk/help/itt/IEProg/Licensing.htm#ch_ MSHTML_licensing The letter follows: Forwarded by James Love ----------------------------- Subject--Microsoft Antitrust Date--Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:51:37 -0600 From--Brian Glaeske Organization--Great Plains Software To--"'antitrust@usdoj.gov'" Joel I. Klein Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC antitrust@usdoj.gov Dear Mr. Klein: I am writing to ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect consumers by taking action to prevent Microsoft from using anticompetitive practices to monopolize the market for Internet browsers. Specifically, Microsoft should not be permitted to force third party developers to redistribute Microsoft Internet Explorer in order to use features found in a programming API (Application Program Interface). A specific API shipped originally with the Microsoft Windows 95 OS (Operating System) and was just recently enhanced with new features that make it attractive for third party developers to use. This API is known to developers as the Common Control DLL. Because this is an enhancement to the OS that came after the initial release of Microsoft Windows 95, it is necessary for third party developers to distribute the updated OS components with their software in order to ensure that their software works properly. However, Microsoft is not allowing developers to redistribute only the components that they need, instead Microsoft is demanding that Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 is distributed with the third party software It is the responsibility of DOJ to ensure that Microsoft does not use its OS monopoly to monopolize the market for applications. I believe that forcing third party developers to distribute Microsoft Internet Explorer is a blatant anti-competitive act. Sincerely, Brian Glaeske 1539 14th St. S. Fargo, ND 58103-4001 bglaeske@cogs.gps.com --------------------------------------- Charles C. Mann T: 413.256.3504 F: 413.256.6619 E: ccm@crocker.com S: PO Box 66 Amherst MA 01004-0066 ------------------------------