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To: hcirteg who wrote (6762)	7/26/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: pubcrawl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10081

HC, I'm not so bothered by the AOL issue simply because I view myTalk as a showcase of GMGC's capabilities rather than a successful product by itself. To my mind the key to success is offering voice interface solutions to the excites/yahoos/hotmails/corporate clients of the world rather than trying to establish a hugely successful myTalk website. As a consumer I'd adopt myTalk more easily if it were there on my regular email package, that way I wouldn't need to change my calendar, address book, and my email address. Take corporate email for example, I can't forward my email to myTalk since this will violate our security norms. I'd love to be able to access my office e-mail via the phone if GMGC could only sell my company on voice enabling our email. I somehow don't see GMGC creating this hugely successful myTalk franchise based on voice alone,simply because there are tons of other features people look for in their email packages which a lot of companies offer more completely than GMGC. And it would be a waste of resources for GMGC to go out and try to better the others, smarter instead to work with them. I still think we're going to be pleasantly surprised by signups for excite voicemail, if GMGC offers mytalk features to excite users the signups would probably explode.