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To: Dinesh who wrote (18076)	2/15/2000 11:10:00 PM
From: surpow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Dinesh: wouldn't the content providers get locked into their libraries of RNWK-format content, making it just a wee bit harder to switch. A very interesting point. Is it a possibility that MSFT could produce and end user solution that could read the RNWK product? If so, it would cut into one area of RNWK's revenue. Also, how long do you see it taking content providers to get locked into RNWKs format? The longer it takes, the greater risk RNWK runs of loosing market share on both the content provider as well as end user, to competition. how do you quantify the recent flap over the covert customer data collection incident, where it came to surface the RNWK was quietly collecting user profiles while playing music, a la Big Brother. I am not sure what you are getting across. IMO, Big Brother is an unavoidable part of the Internet. After ordering a book or CD on Amazon.com, within 4 weeks, I am solicited via email about another selection I may enjoy. RNWK, while collecting information on the user profiles was exersising nothing more then a refined marketing technique. Noah