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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (50438)	10/2/2000 7:17:50 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (3) of 74651

What do you make of this CORL deal? Is this MSFT's way of saying they could go north or is it just what they say it is a strategic move to accelerate their development where CORL has the expertise? Or are they going to give CORL. If they take CORL over then OEM's will not have much to choose from. Pretty bold in face of Appellate Review? JFD Msft's investment in Corel appears to be to enable Corel to continue its progress in porting Java apps to the Windows 2000 and the .net initiative. MS is prevented by virtue of the Sun law suit from developing its own interpreters. They have no intention of taking Corel over. Remember corel now owns WordPerfect and yes, Quatropro and a whole bunch of graphic and office type stuff. The infusion of capital is Non-voting. There is no direct control. The ultimate result will be that Java apps can run on MS operating system. MS's willingness to allow this should bolster the Microsoft anti-trust case, although as we have seen anybody can make any argument they wish to, unburdened by any complete lack of support in either law or fact. :)) Duke edit: P.S. George Guilder is going to love it.

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