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To: QwikSand who wrote (19406)	9/7/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	of 64865

The Star freebies are good, but many of them represent tire kickers and software-collecting geeks (the same people who download Linux and Solaris 7 freeware and then never install them.) Even at 2 million a month, it would take six or so years to catch up with M$ Office, I'm sure the Office number claims suites not in use. It wouldn't take 6 years unless all current Office users all bought the next upgrade. Downloads be darned. It's StarPortal execution, execution, execution. After reading Reggies financial and technical writings I can't tell exactly whether he's more like Visionary Steve Jobs or Mad Genius Lex Luthor, but I can see he's ready to try to make this model work if Sun blows it, and there have to be other like him. Ours to lose...let's not lose it. That's very true. You though, Evil Qwiksand are a cynic, an increasingly wealthier cynic, but a cynic nonetheless. To me, it's apparent that Sun is executing as it's never done before, and all (all) of the magic timing elements are winds at Sun's back. -JCJ

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