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To: t2 who wrote (28907)	8/30/1999 6:29:00 PM
From: jetcityrandy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Tech2000 I agree with what you say, but don't you think that barring any Y2K debacle (which I think is highly overblown anyway-but I wouldn't want to be landing at an airport just after midnight 1/1/00 <VBG>) that there also exists some political maneuvering for Fall 2000? I can see the Fed raising rates now, with the intent towards cutting interest rates two or three times just before next years elections. Say between May and October? Maybe I am just tooooo cynical. Either way, whether you despise AG or love him, the economy has done very very well under his watch. Not a bad report, if you can live with the markets knee-jerk reaction to AG's between FOMC meetings statements.

To: t2 who wrote (28907)	8/30/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 74651

T2K,re:"come in...cut rate". Didn't someone hate the FED do thing that cause the market down and want the FED don't touch the market when it's going UP. I think this country should experience Japan's last 10+ years and will come out as a much stronger (mentally especially) country. Look at Japan, recession for 10+ years, and 4+% umemployment rate is the HISTORIC HIGH today. These guys are amazing. No/limited resource and so strong (mentally especially).

To: t2 who wrote (28907)	8/30/1999 9:20:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Sun to offer Microsoft Office competitor for free By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 30, 1999, 5:55 p.m. PT As part of Sun Microsystems' acquisition of software firm Star Division, the computing company will put more pressure on Microsoft by giving a Microsoft Office competitor away for free to anyone, the company said. As reported earlier by CNET News.com, the Star Division acquisition gives Sun the Star Office suite of office productivity software. Star Office is similar to Microsoft Office, but it runs on Linux and Sun's Solaris operating systems as well. Microsoft Office is by far the most popular office productivity software, containing programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel. In the longer term, though, an upcoming version of the software suite called StarPortal is more significant, Marco Boerries, founder and former owner of Star Division, said in an interview with CNET News.com. With StarPortal, due by the end of the year, the heavy lifting is handled by a powerful central server and people access the software through gadgets including cell phones, TV set-top boxes, and laptops. Tomorrow, when Sun officially announces the Star Division acquisition in New York, the company will demonstrate the use of StarPortal on a Java-enabled PalmPilot, which is connected to a server. news.com