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To: Justin Banks who wrote (15716)	12/31/1997 1:19:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

>I was under the impression that making money was always important when running a business and/or investing.> Eventually, yes. >If you offer something for free, people will use it, maybe even more than once. Doesn't mean that you're going to make money, doing it, though.> Among other possibilities: Ad revenue, E-commerce, linking to other MSFT sites.... BTW, YHOO was the best performing stock in 1997. They're "free."

To: Justin Banks who wrote (15716)	12/31/1997 1:33:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

So, what is this Hotmail, free email along with all the spam you can eat? Sounds like Bill's kind of thing, another way to put out the "truth" according to Microsoft. I don't exactly know what free email buys you in the internet world, you gotta have an ISP to begin with, but who knows. Another outlet for Microsoft's cash hoard, guess they bought back enough stock to cover for a while. Mordantly yours, Dan.