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To: Dealer who wrote (19671)	5/22/2000 8:25:00 AM
From: Percival 917	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 35685

To Volts, Dealer, Coonaz and all my Porch Family, I wanted to let everyone know I am back and I wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to all for the wonderful thoughts to me for my dad during this mourning period. My mourning was increased significantly by learning of the passing of my dear friend Louis's mother. They both fought courageous battles and will be sorely missed, but will always be with us in our hearts. I will personally answer everyone's posts to me, and to me and Louis together, later today. I have said this before and I will say it again, There is a special class of individuals on the Porch and I love everyone of you "guys". My very best to you all, Joel

To: Dealer who wrote (19671)	5/22/2000 10:19:00 AM
From: sueinphilly	Respond to of 35685

and not to be outdone: Microsoft Windows Media Now the Streaming Media Leader Among Enterprise RELATED SYMBOLS: (FJTSY)(COMS)(DE)(RNWK)(EMN)(SCH)(MSFT)(DOW)(JDEC) (AET)(HWP)(NOC) REDMOND, Wash., May 22, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that Windows Media(TM) Technologies is now the leading choice among enterprise customers using streaming media, according to independent research firm Market Decisions Corp. (MDC). MDC's April 2000 study of 1,200 large organizations found that 46 percent of those using streaming media choose Microsoft(R) Windows Media versus 43 percent that chose RealNetworks, the next largest competitor. In addition, the study found the use of streaming media among large organizations(1) has doubled from 10 percent to 20 percent since October 1999, and the use of streaming media among enterprise organizations is growing dramatically, as indicated by the number of companies intending(2) to deploy streaming media solutions over the next six months growing by 125 percent in the same period. "The April survey shows 46 percent of large organizations using streaming media are choosing Windows Media vs. RealNetworks at 43 percent," said Bill Svendsen, vice president, Market Decisions Corp. "And we found large organization adoption and intent to use streaming media has increased substantially with 100% and 125% growth, respectively, since October 1999." This new data, based on a sample of 1,200 large organizations nationwide, is further evidence of the rapid adoption of Windows Media among major enterprise customers. "Digital media is changing the way companies do business," said Dave Fester, general manager of marketing for the Digital Media Division at Microsoft. "More and more enterprises are realizing that Windows Media not only helps them deliver richer information to employees and customers more quickly, it offers superior scalability and delivers a tremendous return on investment in a short period of time." Some of the companies that have deployed Windows Media digital media solutions over the past six months include Aetna Inc., Creative Artists Agency, Charles Schwab & Company Inc., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Dow Chemical Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., J.D. Edwards & Co., Partners HealthCare Systems Inc., SAS Institute Inc., Deere & Co., Northrop Grumman, Eastman Chemical Co., 3Com Corp., Fujitsu PC Co. and more. Enterprises are choosing Windows Media over competing technologies for their digital media solution because it is more cost-effective, provides better integration with their existing network and software environment, and has proven reliability and superior scalability. Also announced today, ZD Labs testing has concluded that the Windows Media Services feature in Windows(R) 2000 Advanced Server is capable of distributing over 9,000 concurrent narrowband and more than 2,400 broadband video streams on a single server. This sets a new benchmark for the industry for streaming media server scalability.