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ZDNN: Blue Mountain sues Microsoft, WebTV

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 13, 1998

‘The advertisement-supported site, which lets users design and
send free e-mail greeting cards, began getting reports of
difficulties late last month. This was “at or about the same time
Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) created its competing Web site for
electronic greeting cards”‘

‘The lawsuit alleges that a version of Microsoft’s Internet
Explorer browser contains a “filter” that “relegates Blue
Mountain’s greeting cards to a junk mail folder for immediate
discard, rather than receipt by the intended recipient.”‘

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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