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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (11945)	9/16/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: Mark Palmberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19079

That little Billy, maybe he is more of a visionary than some folks give him credit for. Uh, no. Billy used to laugh at Larry for Larry's vision. But Billy has always had the cash and influence to be able to play catchup if need be. Guess what? Need be.... Mark

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (11945)	9/16/1999 7:13:00 PM
From: Paul van Wijk	Respond to of 19079

- Are you aware of the fact that the Gartner-group finds the upgrade to Windows2000 (too) expensive. 3000 dollar per user. - Again, I'm not planning to switch to Star-Office (soon). But you didn't convince me MSFT will not feel price-pressure (and lose market-share) sooner or later. - BTW, my name is Paul - Give my warm regards to your nephew - Thanks for bringing up the arguments in favor of MSFT. Although I disagree. Time will tell. With regards, (also to the first nephew) Paul