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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (29906)	1/13/2000 8:44:00 AM
From: P.M.Freedman	Respond to of 42771

CA to add Novell NetWare 5.1 support to products JAN 13, 2000, M2 Communications - Computer Associates International Inc (CA) says that several of its products will fully support NetWare 5.1, the latest release of Novell's directory based server operating system. The products include CA's Unicenter TNG enterprise management software and new versions of the company's ARCserveIT storage management system and InoculateIT antivirus system for networked environments.

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (29906)	1/13/2000 11:24:00 AM
From: Dieter Koerner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hi Paul, "Am I really going to be in charge of what content I view on the internet or will the Borg eventually tell me what to think here too?" To me this is alarming, in 1917 Lenin controlled what the people could see and hear in Russia, in 1933 it was Hitler in Germany, and now it will be the monopolies (internet/media) which controls what people will/can see? Regards, Dieter

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (29906)	1/13/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

(Off Topic) Who do you really think will win, the individual or the Borg? My opinions on this subject rank from very pessimistic to moderately optimistic depending on how various trends are valued. I am extremely disappointed in what I see happening to government at every level. We are not electing competent people to public office at lower levels of government. As these people creep up the system to the top we get mediocrity, almost always catering to prejudice in order to win. The openness of the internet hasn't pushed its way into government. As to checks and balances, the centerpiece of the American system of government, the judiciary is already completely larded up with mediocre Federal Judges. The Federal Courts themselves are owned by the major law firms in daily practice. So the Courts not only do not act as a check upon other branches of government or to preserve liberty but actually make rulings that contradict the legislative intent of many laws and favor the litigant with the deepest pockets and the most claim to aristocratic notions of "worthiness". Thus I believe Microsoft is in the process of buying a decision in Washington. If O.J. can succeed so can Microsoft. Only IBM balances this equation --- another very deep pocket. The newer companies and CEOs like At SunW and at Oracle are not up to the task. They have no sense of fundamental principles, only the sense of commercial advantage. I expect nothing great of them. Instead the future will give us more bloodsuckers in the Gates mold. I'm sure McNealy would relish the role if he had his chance to be a monopolist. What makes me somewhat optimistic is the following: When reform of a system fails, as is happening now with our system, which cannot even handle campaign finance reform, then the system ultimately collapses. Another system replaces the failed system, just as one empire has replaced another throughout history. The last time this near collapse of the system happened was in 1929. But in that era there was more room for reform of the system. And the Federal Government basically didn't exist as a component of the economy before Roosevelt, so there was more room for reform. The first expansion of the Federal Government resulted in alot of good, bright, sensible, talented, honest public servants designing the post war system that you and I benefit from. A post-war sytem that most recently prevented the Asian Crisis from turning into a worldwide Depression. Unfortunately that system is tapped out. There is no more brain power left in it. The Liberal notion of band-aid regulations is no substitute for addressing fundamental issues. Another soft landing? ============= The Cold War squeezed out any purpose to American destiny other than military might. We have nowhere to lead the rest of the world anymore. We have no ideas about what kind of system capitalism becomes once it has achieved the vast surpluses of capital and production of the present era and the danger of world war has passed. We only have the idea of the market and conspicuous consumption. More bigger junk to buy and waste our lives with as we all proclaim how much better and smarter the winners are than the losers. How many people in Africa have AIDS? The idea of the market, self-regulating, except for the priesthood of Federal Reserve, is all we have. When the market collapse so will we. Again I'm somewhat optimistic. IF the market collapses it will take most of the wealth of everyone in the upper middle class with it. Sure there will be the exceptions but these people will be vastly outnumbered by those that have been hurt. There will be a demand for change without any idea about what to do. But the upper middle class does have bright well educated people who probably will not be quiet about what happens to them and may be motivated to start using their brains for something other than consumption. This may produce some new ideas about how capital should be allocated. On the other hand it may revive some bad ideas such as state socialism. Many of the architects of the post WWII era sought to avoid just such a perilous outcome, based upon their absolute dread of economic chaos and the slaughter that came out of WWI. But once they stabilized the system they were turned out of power. (I could list the quality of intellectuals involved in Roosevelt era government but instead just dwell upon the types that have replaced them --- remember Laffer?) We have no reservoir of new ideas about what capitalism evolves into. As to the individual, the individual will always be with us. With the increase in world population the individual may become less and less important but the individual will always assert him/herself until the United States ceases to be the great country it is. So the individual has the internet as a tool at the present time. All we can do is take that tool and use it. Call it the reverse Oppenhiemer effect.