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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (153715)	2/11/2000 2:17:00 PM
From: Sr K	Respond to of 176387

Ballmer probably likes what he said. MSFT is always buying back their stock.

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (153715)	2/11/2000 2:23:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Dorine - the keynote event is being hosted by IDG, not MSFT. This is an annual event and was not originally supposed to be the Win2K launch - Win2K was supposed to launch at Fall COMDEX. The IDG event was picked when Win2k was re-scheduled. DELL had a spot at IDG for a long time - originally it was to be Mike Lambert talking about enterprise sales. When the Win2K launch was moved, they substituted MSD for Lambert. In any event, MSFT does not have much to say about who IDG schedules for keynotes... so MSD's speaker slot should be safe. DELL is walking a delicate line with MSFT due to their close ties to Intel. They will have to push Linux as a good solution for ASPs and web hosting to stay in synch with Intel, and there's not a lot DELL can do to dress that up... as we say here in Texas, that's just putting lipstick on the pig...

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (153715)	2/12/2000 1:14:00 AM
From: TTOSBT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Re: "think Michael Dell needs to come out with something to sooth MSFT. They just annouced it on CNBC how MD hurt MSFT." Hi Dorine. Do you think maybe MD intentionally staged that at his cc to not only sell Linux machines but also help his buddy Bill out with some pr in their government case? Or that EU case? or both? MSFT lawyers may have plans of using Linux as "The competitor they say we do not have" defense. You know kinda make Linux look more substantial a week before the big W2K release. Just a thought? TTOSBT