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To: Doug Shapiro who wrote (206)	4/10/1998 7:56:00 AM
From: songw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 728

Looks like I was right about IFLY- just a wee bit early

To: Doug Shapiro who wrote (206)	4/10/1998 11:24:00 PM
From: Tom Hua	Respond to of 728

Expedia gets rave By Adam L. Penenberg Guess who's planning to dominate online travel ticketing. Microsoft. The Redmond software maker's web site, Expedia, relies on an interface that's relatively easy to use and the site can, in most instances, match travel agents fare for fare. No wonder then that Expedia, along with Travelocity and Preview Travel, is one of the most heavily trafficked travel sites on the web. But the real beauty of Expedia is the technology the company is licensing to travel industry competitors. American Express Travel has licensed Expedia for use with its proprietary travel booking technology, and so have airline giants Northwest and Continental. Sales of airline tickets and other travel-related items over the Internet using Microsoft's Expedia technology have risen to more than $2 million per week. In the past, Microsoft's rivals have complained mightily when the software behemoth enters a market. But this time Gates is licensing a product to direct competitors who plan to use it against him.