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To: CGarcia who wrote (28886)	8/8/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Respond to of 41369

You should have sent this post to Chung Lee. You don't have to convince me. gg. But let's hope that we don't have to shake in our boots on Monday morning. Things have just quieted down after Msft said they had no new plans. I guess this was planned already. It's starting to look like Tennis. You got to look right and left continuously. Sonny

To: CGarcia who wrote (28886)	8/8/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: Pruguy	Respond to of 41369

I agree with your point 100%, but I think your argument is actually stronger....I think MSN was launched in 95, when AOL had less than 2mm customers. I do remember the thinking then was that either MSN or Worldnet would dominate and AOL would be lucky to survive. The ISP customer proved to be very different than the pundits believed and no real competition has ever emerged for AOL...They have more dominance than coke has in the beverage field...Given we are so early in the game and we really haven't even started the consolidation phase yet, this is a testament to their strenght and marketing ability....There are a lot of fears I have when I hold this stock, but loosing their number one position is not one of them