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To: JC Jaros who wrote (22879)	11/13/1999 1:52:00 AM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Hi JC, for Brian z who feels so bad for Billy G: Read the sad tale of the once proud NETSCAPE. The blame belongs directly on Billy Gates and his mafia hoods of Redmond for having usurped the place that should rightly be Netscape's. They got there by "hook or by crook" and that is quite literal. What MSFT did was dishonest from Billy's first awakening somewhere in '95 that there was something called the "internet"(dah, what's that) to his illegal buying of the Spyglass' browser by giving them an "offer they can't refuse". The rest is history and can be read in Judge Jackson's findings. What is amazing is how brazen Bill Gates and his mafia hoods have been. I for one admire Scott's forthrightness. One may disagree with him, but he tells it as it is and he doesn't shy away from direct confrontation -- actually courageous and amusing at the same time. Now for the sad tale of Netscape: dailynews.yahoo.com Saturday November 13 12:30 AM EST AOL and Netscape: One year later Ben Elgin, ZDNet America Online Chairman Steve Case has plenty of reasons to smile these days. AOL's stock has climbed swiftly in recent months, and the antitrust case against Microsoft is looking very strong. Still, the news isn't all-good, especially when it comes to AOL's presence in Silicon Valley. Nearly one year after announcing it would acquire Netscape Communications, AOL execs are still sweating blood trying to integrate the Internet trailblazer into its fold. And resellers are anxiously waiting to see if new management can still deliver the software goods. With Netscape attrition rates topping 50 percent (according to sources who have left the company), products and services marooned amid organizational changes and management shifts, and a bigger cultural chasm than executives at AOL or Netscape ever anticipated, digesting the Internet pioneer into AOL's portfolio is leaving Case and Co. searching for answers. ... Over two-thirds of the approximately 225 Netcenter employees decided it was time to jump ship, according to sources. "I flipped through my Rolodex the other day, and everyone I worked with at Netcenter is gone," says a former Netcenter manager. "I think I know maybe one person who's still there." ... What is the appropriate punishment for MSFT? Michael