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To: AugustWest who wrote (2374)	3/9/1998 8:03:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8545

"GATES: I can't say this enough times: We don't want to be a bank. We want to give banks more choices." My take: "Don't worry Little Red Riding Hood.I merely want to mesh with you, I shan't assume your identity!" Whose playin' possum?

To: AugustWest who wrote (2374)	3/9/1998 8:34:00 AM
From: Benny Baga	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8545

"The digital wallet is currently part of Internet Explorer 4.0. The wallet allows users to encrypt their credit card number and personal information once, then order, say, a book from Barnes & Noble just by clicking on a button." ...Hmmm, sounds like my Credit Card number will be part of the operating system. "He said the signing of four major test banks for MSFDC "indicates we've adapted what we've originally proposed to really meet banks' needs." ...sound's as if what MSFDC 'originally proposed' didn't catch on, But I thought MS and FDC said they spent a year listening to banks, before they joined forces. "Banks jointly own the ATM networks with their competitors. So, I think banks are actually more familiar with complex arrangements between partners and competitors than most industries." ...Hmmm, now Gates is a Banking Expert, all in a matter of a few years he went from calling them dinosaurs to 'cooperative-competition nexus'. Benny