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To: E. Davies who wrote (18963)	1/17/2000 5:12:00 PM
From: ALTERN8	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

What does this mean? AT&T (T: news, msgs) and Ma Bell-linked ExciteAtHome (ATHM: news, msgs) will be dealt a cable-access "rebuke" by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, according to a weekend San Francisco Examiner report. The newspaper indicated that the supervisors -- lobbied by AT&T, which holds the city's cable franchise, not to require open access to rival Internet access services (it cited its exclusivity pact with AtHome) -- would soon approve a report favoring open access. In Friday trading, AT&T shares rose 1 5/16 to 54 11/16, while ExciteAtHome descended 2 to 40 9/16. cbs.marketwatch.com

To: E. Davies who wrote (18963)	1/17/2000 8:50:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 29970

Branding is a useless buzz word which refers to nothing. It's chic to say corporations pursue a strategy which seeks a brand identity. The notion of brand is a posteriori to the results which come from good design and execution over years. Initially brand is just incidental. Any management pursuing a strategy to achieve brand, won't get it. Modern society seeks image first and material later. The problem with this order is that if you don't have the material the image will be false and you won't achieve brand.