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To: Philip H. Lee who wrote (2915)	1/3/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: Stewart Whitman	Respond to of 78535

Philip, What's MSFT advantage in outright aquiring one of the "search engine" companies? In most cases, these companies are already partially owned by other companies (e.g. Intuit's interest in Excite, Reuter's interest in Yahoo, and many others) and significant benefits are derived from these relationships. An aquisition by MSFT might upset a few people and place MSFT in a bad situation. I can see MSFT picking up a stake in one or two, but I'd be really surprised by a major acquisition. Stew