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To: Don Hurst who wrote (3605)	7/28/1998 4:02:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8218

Why would IBM's LOTUS end Notes/Domino development for NOVL ? " Lotus is ceasing development of Notes/Domino groupware for Novell's NetWare operating system. Lotus customers are not investing in NetWare for e-mail or collaborative software and the result has been a drop in the percentage of Domino customers using NetWare ... ... customers increasingly are moving to the Windows NT and Unix operating environments" Davis said Monday. Lotus and Novell continue to discuss issues related to NetWare, "and it's always possible the decision could be revisited ..." Davis said. infoworld.com Can you believe UNIX is moving mainstream ? Is AIX gaining enough to replace the 20% of Netware users as NT hasn't to date . Doesn't make sense unless there is a IBM UNIX or new AIX coming ? Anybody know why ? Jim K.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (3605)	7/29/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

Don, While I was very happy to read about IBM "winbacks" regarding mainframes, what really caught my eye was the section of IBM's telecom. I know that I shouldn't have been surprised to read about IBM's telecom/network services, but I was. After all if the Company is network services, it only makes sense to provide telecom services. But does anyone know anything about this network? The article mentions that IBM's telecom services are growing and profitable (two words that don't often to go together in the world of telecom). If anyone can provide information about this division (like bandwidth, miles of cable/fiber and lines in service), I would greatly appreciate it.