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To: JC Jaros who wrote (49640)	9/21/2000 4:53:22 AM
From: keithsha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

We have 6 million registered VS developers. Most of those purchase their tools and reference material via MSDN or through Enterprise Agreements, our large volume purchase agreements. Comparing retail sales of developer products and related tools is a specious argument at best. Using your logic, you could conclude that a large percentage of retail sales of Java based tools and books means that it is being used by hobbists and the curious rather than professional developers. As for tools revenue we haven't versioned VS in almost 3 years. So the VS 6 that a developer bought way back when is still current with web updates. They know it already and don't generally need the latest version of Java for Dummies. Visual Studio.Net is the next upgrade cycle and will bring strong growth. As for your questioning of my motives, it is a classic ad hominem of attacking the character or circumstances of the person rather than their assertion. My standing has nothing to do with the the truth or falsity of the proposition being defended. Keith

To: JC Jaros who wrote (49640)	9/21/2000 8:18:14 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

AT&T goes with Liberate on interactive TV September 21, 2000 7:36am By Margaret Kane ZDII In what could be another blow to Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) interactive TV plans, AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T) will use technology from Liberate (Nasdaq: LBRT) in an interactive TV trial. If the trial, which runs on Motorola (NYSE: MOT) DCT-5000 set-top boxes, is successful, the companies plan to develop a commercial offering of the service. Microsoft had had a deal to supply AT&T with 7.5 million of its 10 million planned interactive TV set-top boxes last year. But Microsoft's technology has been delayed, prompting AT&T to go looking for other vendors. zdii.com

To: JC Jaros who wrote (49640)	9/21/2000 12:02:04 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 74651

ATT taps Microsoft rival for interactive-TV software By STEPHANIE MILES, CNET NEWS.COM Liberate Technologies today announced that ATT will begin testing its interactive-television software on set-top boxes later this year, striking another blow to Microsoft's efforts in this field. nytimes.com Didn't MSFT bribe ... er, I mean invest $5,000,000,000 in ATT? They can't even PAY companies to use their CR@Pware. Can one of the MSFT "geniuses" keep Windows NT from bombing when I use PATRAN? Cripes. What a pile of excrement. NT is keeping our IT guy very busy. Please tell Ballmer to stop jogging for a few minutes and fix their bleepin' OS. Thanks. Linux ... it's only a matter of time.