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How old are you anyway? You have a weak grasp on the way these things work. Read one of the orders documents from the appeals court or district court and see how the decisions are discussed. Words mean things, of course, but when there is an issue as to what something actually means, the courts (and the lawyers) are arguing over implied intent. You will also find "successor product" or other generic terms used to represent anything that might happen down the road, which takes into account things like Win2K vs Win2K3.

You are a babe in the woods! LOL!!! No, silly, if you want to know what is binding on Microsoft, read the orders from the trial. You can find a copy at:

Where it says, among other things (Notice the term "Microsoft Platform Software", which covers past, present, and future versions of Windows the same.): III. Prohibited Conduct

A. Microsoft shall not retaliate against or threaten retaliation against an OEM by altering

Microsoft's commercial relations with that OEM, or by withholding newly introduced

forms of non-monetary Consideration (including but not limited to new versions of

existing forms of non-monetary Consideration) from that OEM, because it is known to

Microsoft that the OEM is or is contemplating:

1. developing, distributing, promoting, using, selling, or licensing any software that

competes with Microsoft Platform Software or any product or service that

distributes or promotes any Non-Microsoft Middleware;

2. shipping a Personal Computer that (a) includes both a Windows Operating

System Product and a non-Microsoft Operating System, or (b) will boot with

more than one Operating System; or

3. exercising any of the options or alternatives provided for under this Final

Judgment.