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For those who do not live in and for the web, "whatever comes with the computer" is what gets used.

MSN wasn't anywhere near as popular as AOL. But why not? After all, it satisifed your criterion, because it "came with the computer."

Also, MSN chat is nowhere near as popular as AOL Instant Messenger

Microsoft Money (bundled with my computer) isn't as popular as Quicken.

Microsoft Works isn't as popular as Microsoft Office.

and on and on and on...

The only way bundling matters is if the program being bundled falls into the category of "Good Enough" for the user in question. IE satisfied this criterion; MSN did not.




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