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To: Marc Newman who wrote (10019)	4/14/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Respond to of 27307

I think Microsoft is going to be as effective against Yahoo as they have been against AOL. Microsoft has taken a couple million members many of whom AOL probably would have had...but AOL is doing just fine. They can't leverage the Windows monopoly any longer...the DOJ is watching. That jig is up, so they are going to have to compete on service. Microsoft is tied up here a while.

To: Marc Newman who wrote (10019)	4/14/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Mandinga	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

To all, When is Microsoft going to launch its search engine/navigational site? Does anybody know around when that would be? Mandinga (I think this will be the search engine KILLER)

To: Marc Newman who wrote (10019)	4/14/1998 1:49:00 PM
From: PeterGx	Respond to of 27307

Marc: MSFT holds an amazingly powerful hand with respect to Internet computing. The combination of MSFT's IExplorer, MSN, Sidewalk, MSDeveloper, MSNBC, MSInvestor, and Yukon (search engine), ++ could easily dominate Web traffic. The trick is to get all these components in place before MSFT puts its marketing muscle behind the venture. The crucial element to MSFT's success is the Browser. When it resides on the vast majority of desktops (70%) MSFT could use it to popularize its various sites. But those must first be brought to satisfactory condition so users will stick around. Seems to me that's exactly what Bill Gates had in mind - a period of experimental development for the various components followed by a lightening consolidation of all the services into an Internet Super-Site using the Windows desktop and the integrated browser to promote it. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) the DOJ threw a Monkey wrench into the works.. I have a feeling that somehow Bill will prevail, but time is certainly not on his side on this one.