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To: Erik T who wrote (8627)	8/1/1999 2:13:00 AM
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From this weeks Business Week: Portal Combat: Microsoft vs. AOL The online giants slug it out in the battle for Net supremacy The long-simmering hostilities between America Online Inc. (AOL) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) went public on July 22. That's when Microsoft launched a strike deep into AOL territory by glomming onto ''instant messaging,'' a technology popularized by AOL that lets Web surfers send quick notes to one another. Microsoft's MSN online service announced an instant-messaging setup that not only lets its customers zap notes to one another but also allows them to chat with AOL members. AOL, which has erected a digital roadblock against the MSN links, calls Microsoft's move tantamount to hacking. Far bigger battles are looming. Microsoft has singled out AOL as its most important rival, and both companies hope to dominate as computing moves squarely onto the Net. The key strategy for both will be to establish powerful Web portals that are tightly linked to their software ''platforms'' and Internet services. BUSINESS WEEK has learned that both titans are quietly preparing such offerings for release by yearend.>>> Wonder if this will include "The Killer App"?? I think it unlikely that AOL will use Transpoint with these battle lines being drawn. Erik