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To: J. Kittle who wrote (3173)5/19/1998 2:12:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank  Respond to of 4903
 
Citibank/Netscape press release:

biz.yahoo.com

Citibank and Netscape Sign Worldwide Electronic Commerce Software Licensing Agreement

Citibank Licenses Netscape's Line of Applications and Server Software to Build New E-Commerce Infrastructure

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and NEW YORK, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communication Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP - news) today announced that it has entered into a significant worldwide agreement to license its electronic commerce software to Citibank. Under the terms of the agreement, Citibank enjoys a perpetual license to use Netscape's line of Internet applications and server software to build an electronic commerce infrastructure.

Citibank will license the Netscape(R) CommerceXpert family of packaged Internet Commerce applications as well as Netscape's line of server software including Netscape Application Server and Netscape Directory Server to build a service-ready infrastructure for the project. According to Citibank, Netscape's products deliver the flexibility, scalability, reliability, legacy integration and cross-platform support required for the project.

''This announcement with Citibank demonstrates the significant customer momentum behind Netscape's strategy of enabling enterprises to act as service providers, delivering a full range of applications as Internet services to their internal and external customers,'' said Jim Barksdale, president and chief executive officer of Netscape. ''Citibank is leveraging Netscape software for its electronic commerce applications around the world.''



To: J. Kittle who wrote (3173)5/19/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: BMASS5306  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4903
 
Just let me know before he starts buying, anyway i dont like that analogy. We're not talking about pepsi and coke. If bill doesnt want to either unbundle IE or include Netscape then hes asking for more trouble. All he needs to do is provoke those officials more than he has already.