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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (16063)	1/13/1998 7:27:00 PM
From: Dermot Burke	Respond to of 24154

You have to admit all these moguls plotting to turn the internet /www into a network/subscriber media with channels and upgraded features is such a melodrama.That's where some of the resentment from users toward the would be toll operators originates.Who wants these guys anyway? Take a look at this guys familiar 'vision thing'>>There will be three or four major networks on the Internet, and we expect to be one of them,'' says Jeff Sanderson, general manager for Microsoft Network,>>

To: nommedeguerre who wrote (16063)	1/14/1998 6:21:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

You are missing the point. MSFT has an audience of 65 million. Have you forgotten about the Windows desktop real estate. This is some of the most valuable marketing property in the world. Apply the traditional 1.5% return of bulk mail to 65 million desktops, add in thr growing 10 million or so from MSN and online properties, and then add in the positive cash flow to electronics vendors as compared to what Malone will offer them (a charge for access to cable). It sums up to be an attractive deal.