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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (29892)	1/12/2000 12:04:00 PM
From: david simns	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

NOVL NEW CONTRACT WITH SNTO...SOME PROJECTIONS ARE SNTO OVER $100 PER SHARE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. Sento to Provide Technical Support for Novell AMERICAN FORK, Utah, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sento Corporation (Nasdaq: SNTO), a leading provider of outsourced eCustomer contact center support and technical training, today announced it has signed an outsourcing agreement with Novell Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) to provide technical support for Novell's BorderManager customers. Under the terms of the agreement, Sento will begin providing technical support in the first quarter of 2000 in a unique partnership that will have both companies sharing customer support campuses. The shared campus effort will help speed and foster product and support knowledge transfer giving Novell's customers the most immediate, highest quality technical support. "We are delighted by this agreement with Novell, an acknowledged world leader in directory-enabled networking software," said Ronnie Johansen, Sento vice president of operations. "It represents a tremendous vote of confidence in Sento by Novell. This agreement emphasizes our continuing commitment to provide state-of-the-art customer care solutions and our focus on high-growth markets, leading companies and long-term relationships." "Sento possesses a technology-driven culture from its eCustomer Contact Centers down to their daily P&L utilization statements for each technical support agent," said Ryan Swanson, Novell director of Preferred Partner Support. "Sento's support strategy allows Novell to acquire resources directly from their technical staff and their close proximity permits a more integrated partnership. Novell will continue to build new methods, technologies and relationships to help develop even stronger, long-term relationships with our customers through true, value-added support." Sento Corporation provides technical services for organizations using Windows NT and UNIX client-server computing environments. These services include, Contract Technical Support, Help Desk Services, Technical Training and Education. Sento conducts its business through its operating divisions, including Sento Training and Sento Technical Services. For more information, visit Sento's home page at www.sento.com. Statements in this press release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements encompass Sento's beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions regarding future events. Words such as "expects," "intends," "believes," "anticipates," and "likely" also identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this release are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to Sento as of such date. Sento assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated for a number of reasons, including, among others, demands associated with the Company's redirected strategy to develop and market new and additional information technology services and products, uncertainties and expenses resulting from the implementation of the Company efforts to identify, acquire and integrate additional businesses, unavailability of capital to fund the Company's growth strategy and acquisition plans, the highly competitive environment faced by information technology businesses, a downturn in the market for hardware and/or software products, economic fluctuations and other unanticipated factors. Risk factors, cautionary statements and other conditions which could cause actual results to differ from the Company's current expectations are contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. SOURCE: Sento Corporation CONTACT: Robert Sorenson of Sento Corporation, 801-492-2204, robert_sorenson@sento.com; or Jennifer Bolander of Brodeur Worldwide, 801-765-1500, jbolande@brodeur.com, for Sento Corporation

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (29892)	1/12/2000 12:56:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 42771

DoJ will demand breakup of Microsoft - report (The Register ) Posted 12/01/2000 3:38pm by John Lettice The Department of Justice has decided to push for the breakup of Microsoft, according to a report in today's edition of USA Today. According to the paper, which cites "sources," this represents a consensus view between the DoJ itself and the group of US states which is its partner in the antitrust action. The DoJ and the states have tended to be at variance over the remedies that should be demanded. The DoJ made most of the running in the trial itself, with the states largely on the sidelines, but the states have been considerably more hawkish than the DoJ. Today's report suggests that they will now call for Microsoft to be broken into separate companies, one dealing with the Windows operating systems, and one with applications. If the DoJ has a view as to what should be done with Microsoft's Internet operations, however, that doesn't seem to have leaked yet. Structurally, if a breakup is deemed to be the best solution, the logical fault lines take Microsoft into three companies, OS, apps, and Web, not two, with Rick Belluzzo's Consumer Group looking like a natural third leg. If the DoJ really has firmed up on what it's going to demand, it may help push Microsoft closer to negotiating a settlement before the judge looses off his next volley. Microsoft isn't generally thought likely to agree to something as drastic as a breakup, but if you think about it, it's not entirely beyond the bounds of belief that the company could go for a simple split into two or maybe three operations. Other suggested remedies have been a lot more drastic. Forcing Microsoft into some kind of partial open sourcing solution whereby it had to freely license Windows and open up the code, for example, would be far nastier from the company's point of view. Nor would the nightmare scenario of setting up multiple Baby Bills, all competing with one another over Windows development, play well in Redmond. Microsoft has however been reorganising itself along lines that do seem to point to a split, with a platforms group running Windows, Business Productivity dealing with apps and Consumer handling Internet and general cheap stuff. Making these into separate companies needn't hurt too much, and could be seen as a bargain by Microsoft, if other remedies could be minimised. These other measures could include price controls, open pricing and discount schedules, and severe limitations on and scrutiny of Microsoft's contracts with the PC companies. Imposition of this kind of stuff would severely limit Microsoft's ability to operate (misbehave, as some might say) in the OEM market, so an attempt to trade off an apparently drastic breakup against these mightn't be entirely out of the question. ®