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To: Don Hurst who wrote (28189)	9/20/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hello Don, Well, they didn't select anything - the iPlanet software is what Sun-Netscape Alliance is producing. iplanet.com If you check this link: iplanet.com This is a listing of the products they offer. Again, you'll notice the Netscape products and the Sun products. Seems that after the AOL/Netscape Deal then the annoncement that SUNW was joining that deal, things were divided up. AOL gets the online content, Sun get's the products. This alliance is one of the results of that deal. This is a great display of what you get when you mix a technology innovator with a technological superstar and the Internet's 800-lbs content provider :) There's no mention in this article that AOL has chosen this as their user management software. Wish I had seen this before I invested in CSCO...... :) Peter J Strifas

To: Don Hurst who wrote (28189)	9/21/1999 12:49:00 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 42771

AOL/Sun/Netscape Alliance.... >>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sun-Netscape Alliance (Alliance), a leading provider of e-commerce applications and Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced the iPlanet(TM) Unified User Management Suite, a complete solution for centrally managing user account information in extranet and e-commerce applications. Powered by the iPlanet Directory Server, the suite provides a single point of account control for user profiles, access policies, preferences and security credentials such as passwords and digital certificates across enterprise systems linked with suppliers, partners and customers in the exploding Net Economy.>> Unfortunately, DigitalMe had the energy and guts taken out of it immediately after Brainshare. My guess is that if the original team was left to do their thing DigitalMe would have been out by the end of April as originally planned. I don't know what these guys are doing. This is the time to rock and roll. Not be conservative and coy. DigitalMe should be brazenly "out there" throwing off white hot energy, creativity and innovation - ie. the individual equivalent of security world's middle finger. iPlanet is whipping up interest and closing deals. Novell's DigitalMe hasn't made it out of the chute. We will all be patiently waiting to "see" and "feel" just how much energy this new group can rock and roll with. I hope they pull off a pleasant suprise, but my guess is that these people are not connecting with the right ideas and energy to begin with. Novell had the goods and was sending all the right signals right up through BrainShare. Then all of a sudden the doors shut down and the energy stopped dead in its tracks. Over time we will all be able to determine the reasons why, but quite frankly I don't care. I want to see the cover taken off the IP ball. Where's the energy? Where's the evangelism? Where's the IP beef? Eric, I hope you recogize what's going on and make the appropriate changes fast!! Peace. GO!!