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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (4506)	2/24/2000 2:54:00 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 15615

Dear Bill: As usual, you prove what a great BIG PICTURE thinker you are. I think this video conferencing may even put a hurting on the phone companies. Already I can make telephone calls for free on my computer. I suspect once a great many people have these video cameras on top of their computers and can make the calls for free to boot that will be the end of the old phone. JDN

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (4506)	2/24/2000 3:10:00 PM
From: Robert Sheldon	Respond to of 15615

In such an environment, GBLX will be coining money even as they are frantically trying to complete AC-7 ahead of schedule I like how you think . . . AC-7 sheeesh.

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (4506)	2/24/2000 8:13:00 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15615

Rising oil prices are still another reason for this. Not so sure about any automatic language translation though; besides in the multinational business world, english is common coinage. If anyone goes to work abroad, they'll quickly find out that they won't learn the local language on the job...