"I was quite frank with him (Scott Cook, CEO of Intuit) that if he had a favor we could do for him that would cost us something like $1m to do that in return for switching browsers in the next few months I would be open to doing that."

-- Bill Gates, e-mail, July 24 1996

"(Computer manufacturers) want to remove the (IE) icon from the desktop ... this is not allowed."

-- Microsoft executive Chris Jones, 1995

"Memphis (Windows 98 code name) is a key weapon in the IE share battle."

-- Microsoft executive Brad Chase

"I am convinced we have to use Windows
-- this is the one thing they (Netscape) don't have ... (Windows 98) must be killer on OEM shipments so that Netscape never gets a chance on these systems."

-- Microsoft Senior Vice President Jim Allchin, January 2 1997

"Netscape pollution must be eradicated."

-- Microsoft Vice-President Jeff Raikes

"I thought our #1 strategic imperative was to get IE share. Our best hope is tying tight to Windows... that is, unless I've woken up in an alternate state and now work for Netscape."

-- Megan Bliss, e-mail, March 25 1997

"We should move the sign-up Wizard into the boot-up sequence somewhere ... this way we can increase the likelihood that an end user gets the option to sign up for solutions that promote IE before they get into the desktop or any customized shell that features other browser solutions."

-- Microsoft senior executive Brad Chase, e-mail, March 1 1996

"Look at why people who get IE with a new machine switch to Navigator and what is being addressed in IE 4.0 to make that difficult."

--Microsoft executive Jonathan Roberts, e-mail, March 28 1997

"It is a mistake to release (Windows 98) without bundling IE with it."

-- Kumar Mehta, March 27 1997

"Internet Explorer will be distributed every way we can ... bundled with Windows 95 upgrade and included by OEMs."

-- Bill Gates, January 5 1996

"Browser share is job 1 at this company."