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To: High-Tech East who wrote (27928)	2/17/2000 7:21:00 PM
From: High-Tech East	Respond to of 64865

Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2000 Microsoft Aims at Sun Micro with Windows 2000 Launch By David Bank and David P Hamilton, Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal Redmond, Wash. -- Steve Ballmer has a message for Scott McNealy: It's payback time. And this time, it is personal. The chief executive of Microsoft Corp. says Windows 2000, which will be formally released Thursday, is aimed straight at software markets traditionally dominated by Unix-based computer systems, and in particular by Sun Microsystems Inc., the leading Unix provider. And because Mr. McNealy, Sun's chief executive, has been one of Microsoft's most outspoken critics, Mr. Ballmer is already savoring what he believes will be the taste of eating Sun's lunch. and I have a Ken Wilson / Sun Microsystems message for Steve and Billy ... show us in the marketplace ... we are ready ... show us your reliability, your scalability, your quality control ... show us, you assholes ... humble as usual, Ken Wilson