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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (8440)3/15/1998 6:42:00 PM
From: db  Read Replies (1) of 27307
 
OK. Guys. I own NSCP & I wrote to Barksdale and here is what he replied - it sounds like Netscape will compete with Yahoo.

Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:13:01 -0800
From: jimb@netscape.com (Jim Barksdale) Add to Address Book
Reply-To: jimb@netscape.com
Organization: Netscape Communications
To: John Goodman <zingjah@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Why is Netscape frittering away it's site

John

As was reported in last weeks Wall Street Journal we are actively
pursuing
the development of just such an opportunity with our Netcenter. I can
assure you that no one is more interested in building traffic and
consequential shareholder value than I am.

Jim Barksdale

John Goodman wrote:

> Mr BarksdaleAs a shareholder of Netscape Corp, I am terribly
> diappointed that
> Netscape is not using it's higly trafficked site to compete with
Yahoo.
> I understand that Netscape sold it's rights to a search service to
> Yahoo for 5 million $ and Yahoo has capitalized on it to build a
> company that is worth 3 times more than Netscape.
> I wonder why our company does not simply compete with Yahoo given that
> the market values a succesful home page site more than simply abrowser
> company.
> SincerelyJohn (sitting on a loss on netscape shares) Goodman
>
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