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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (4374)	9/28/2000 9:31:09 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

SY D N E Y, Australia, Sept. 28 — Two gold medals for Marion Jones. Two kisses for C.J. Hunter. Jones raced to a lopsided win in the women’s 200 meters today, her second gold medal of the Sydney Games. Her quest is to become the first woman to win five golds at a Summer Olympics. With husband Hunter watching from the stands, Jones took an early lead and then pulled away from the field to win by nearly half a second in a race usually decided by hundredths of seconds. After winning by the biggest margin in 40 years, Jones took a victory lap — stopping at about the 50-meter mark of the 100 course to give her husband two kisses and a hug. “Some of the words I’d use to describe it are relieved and excited,” Jones said. “I think I’m just overall happy that my sprints are over

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (4374)	9/28/2000 11:50:34 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

The PC could be going in the closet soon, while diskless devices will be accessing the network in greater numbers. No the PC will not be gathering dust, it might become a home server. By the way, hard drives are not disappearing, they are just moving to a different location, attached to the network located where the information is being delivered from. SO what does it all mean? It means that the high tech market that has been centered around the PC is shifting to the network. Rarely do great breaks with the past happen in a clean fashion or do they happen all at once. So, we are in a transition period, while we wait for (here it is again) Broadband for the masses! Greg