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To: rudedog who wrote (51812)	10/20/2000 11:35:37 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 74651

Excellent article on MSFT .NET initiative in this months Entrepreneur magazine. Excerpt: No one else could possibly attempt this gambit, points out Enderle, and the market does like someone other than the government to set standards. As for communal standards committees, Microsoft knows how to play them.

To: rudedog who wrote (51812)	10/20/2000 11:38:25 AM
From: alydar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

rudedog, i still don't get it. can you explain how .net will empower me, bob, vs. aol everywhere. i personally think .net will be centralized like hotmail but how is that different than aol. i understand how the pc empowered user over the mainframe. i jumped on lotus123 vs. using a dec system. more flexible and powerful. but we are in the internet age not the mainframe or pc era. everything is going to be delivered via a isp or asp,imo. how does msft plan to be different than the competion i.e., aol, orcl,sunw, silicon investor. we are empowered now. in the future, i believe, we will have numerous options as to what isp or asp to use. that is power and provides the end user with choices/options which is good. what is msft planning to do different; if anything. i do not have a good vision on .net. bob.