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To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (42544)	12/17/1997 1:12:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

Hi Barry, Article... Intel and Sun Announce Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement... December 17, 1997 SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- Intel Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced a royalty-free patent cross-licensing agreement covering microprocessors, systems and software technologies. Effective immediately, this long-term agreement provides significant benefits for both Intel and Sun, their customers and stockholders, as well as the entire industry, by allowing the companies to continue their histories of developing innovative technologies with minimum risk of infringing each others' patents. The two companies will be able to focus on bringing new products to market more quickly and with even greater innovation while avoiding legal distractions. "This is a significant milestone in the evolution of this industry, as it demonstrates how two companies with a complex relationship can construct a win-win agreement that respects intellectual property and enables efficient business practices," said John Miner, vice president and general manager, Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "This agreement with Sun signals another level of recognition that Intel computing and networking products are becoming important elements of an organization's computing infrastructure." In a related announcement today, Sun and Intel said they are cooperating to optimize Sun's Solaris operating environment for Intel's future Merced processor. Sun is committed to deliver a 64-bit optimized version of the Solaris software for Merced at the time of Merced-based system availability, expected in 1999. Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network is the Computer," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ:SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $8.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries on the World Wide Web http:\\www.sun.com . ________________________________________________________________ Regards, Michael

To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (42544)	12/17/1997 1:17:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Barry and Mary, Some have said that speech recognition and speech command and control is one of the keys to really opening up Japan and China to PC's. Makes sense to me. John

To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (42544)	12/17/1997 1:19:00 PM
From: carl a. mehr	Respond to of 186894

Barry, Thanks for your thoughtful answer. It was nice meeting you at COMDEX, humble carl

To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (42544)	12/17/1997 1:43:00 PM
From: derek cao	Respond to of 186894

If you interested in chinese language in computer, here is a link to check out: ifcss.org And yes, it is difficult to input chinese characters into computer. But faith manages. Today computer use(with chinese language)among white collar workers like writer, professors etc is quite common in some of more developed cities in china. With the spread of voice recognition and video conference, more people there will find computer more enjoyable. Personally, I will perfer them to use english as standard computer language. It is good for everybody. Barry, the car dealer need your permission to install 3rd party components into your car, didn't he/she? If OEM can get their customer's individual permission, I will not have problem OEM replace the explorer with navigator. Yes, we need antitrust law. But the law suppose to protect the consumers not the companies which lose the battle. If microsoft want to include explorer for free, what's wrong with that? On the other hand, if microsoft include explorer and jack up the win95's price, that is a clear violation of antitrust law. JMHO. derek