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To: Zoro who wrote (31701)5/9/2000 11:52:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls   of 64865
 
Tuesday May 9, 11:06 am Eastern Time
Forbes.com
Ellison Backs Another Microsoft Competitor
By Lisa DiCarlo

biz.yahoo.com

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Ellison and pal Scott McNealy, chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - news), have made it their business (usually through biting shtick at large industry conferences or press gatherings) to ridicule Gates and denounce every product ever built by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - news).

An arguably noble endeavor, but it has degenerated into a ``pissing contest'' that has lost sight of what the consumer really needs, according to Roger Kay of International Data Corp.

These guys are ``peripherally concerned with the end-user experience but only insofar as it aids their Machiavellian games,'' he says.

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