IBM claims against Microsoft in antitrust hearings
IBM manager Garry Norris testified that Microsoft offered higher rebates under Market Development Agreements if IBM did not distribute rival Netscape software. Norris cited a March 1997 meeting in which Bengt Ackerlind pressed IBM to load IE 4 and not Netscape on prototype Broadcast PCs.
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Vans not as safe as school buses, safety board advises
The National Transportation Safety Board urges using standard school buses for student transport after investigating four crashes that killed nine people, eight of them students. It notes school buses offer rollover protection, padded seating, reinforced welds, and bold yellow visibility, in contrast to vans and specialty buses involved in the incidents in Florida Tennessee Georgia and South Carolina.
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Inhofe vows to block nominations over Hormel pick
Senator James Inhofe threatened to block every presidential nomination to protest President Clinton's recess appointment of James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg. Senate Leader Trent Lott signaled limits to one senator's power, saying he would not honor holds indefinitely while Summers and Holbrooke nominations remain.
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