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To: Mary Baker who wrote (32692)	10/14/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: Annette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

OT- Thanks!! I have the pepsi and coke mixed up!! And that is good...because pepsi is better!

To: Mary Baker who wrote (32692)	10/15/1999 5:08:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 41369

Motorola to Include AOL's Instant Messenger With Wireless Devices NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Communications-technology company Motorola Inc. said it has reached an agreement with online-service giant America Online Inc. to integrate AOL's Instant Messenger software into Motorola's wireless products. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola (MOT) said Wednesday that the new application would allow real-time communication between Motorola-product users and America Online's 45 million Instant Messenger users. Instant messaging, by some accounts, is growing faster than any communications medium in history. AOL (AOL) this summer said its three instant-messaging services had nearly 80 million users and crossed the 50 million mark in less than 2 1/2 years - compared with five years for the Internet and 13 years for television. Redmond, Wash.-based software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), along with other Internet players, has attempting to pry open AOL's near-lock on the market for instant messaging, a technology that allows computer users to track when friends are online and type out rapid-fire communications with them. Microsoft, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), and Prodigy Communications Corp. (PRGY) even introduced software that enabled its users to send messages to users of AOL's service. AOL responded by blocking the competitors' access to its network. AOL's success with instant messaging is particularly troublesome for Microsoft. The software company, determined to move beyond the PC market, has tried, and failed, since 1995 to take market share from AOL in Internet-access services, though it has launched a series of popular Web sites. Copyright (c) 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.