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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (14444)	11/24/1997 11:55:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

Saudi prince buys into News and Netscape biz.yahoo.com Prince Al Waleed was quoted in a Time magazine U.S. edition interview published on the Internet as saying he bought the five percent stakes in late October. He also said he had bought an undisclosed but sizeable number of shares in technology group Motorola Inc. "I want to concentrate on communications, technology, entertainment and news," he was quoted as saying. The Time article is due to hit newsstands on December 1.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (14444)	11/25/1997 8:21:00 AM
From: Dermot Burke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Gerald, I would remind you that Justice is attempting to prevent Browser/Operating system integration or "bundling" if you prefer,by MSFT Corp., hardly trivial.And I would further the case that MSFT is exceptionally capable of integrating(hence the "you have been assimilated joke")into the operating system any application developed by anyone which has broad revenue potential.This is a core competency late in the Corp.'s development-it is what they do best.In fact assimilation/integration is the defacto R+D dept. Netscape had multibillion dollar sales potential before MSFT began to integrate the competing web browser.Without the legal intervention of Reno's experts,NSCP will struggle to reach the size of Adobe, for instance.Don't expect MSFT to stop at the browser issue either, they will try the same tactics on every NSCP revenue opportunity if the Justice suit fails.I don't think you appreciate the extent of Bill's animus toward NSCP--this is a battle of extinction.