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To: Teri Skogerboe who wrote (24533)	9/22/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Respond to of 70976

I wouldn't go so far as to predict free PCs (the network computer rears its head again!), but the challenge to PCs from the Palm III and cousins agrees with my own thinking. I really feel that people are sick of paying top dollar for big clunky systems that, in trying to be all things to all people, do nothing well. Ease of use is, IMO, the name of the new game. Katherine

To: Teri Skogerboe who wrote (24533)	9/22/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Fortinwit	Respond to of 70976

Some prognostications on the PC biz. Sounds... not good, thoughts on this, anyone? So, I guess by Marc's thinking, Richard Stallman is the most important person in the software business, not Bill Gates. I think we should poll Netscape shareholders to see what they think of Marc's business forecasting acumen. F. PS: Welcome back Teri

To: Teri Skogerboe who wrote (24533)	9/22/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 70976

Re - ''We are on the way to the free PC,'' said Andreessen, comparing the future of PCs to cellular phones, many of which are given away or sold cheaply to lure subscribers to mobile phone service. The money will be made on providing Internet service over the PCs, Andreessen said, not on the boxes themselves. Sssshhhhh! Don't tell Ericsson, Nokia, Texas Instruments, ... that there isn't any money to be made in cell phones.<g> Not only is there a lot of money made selling cell phones (albeit they are, in essence, sold to the service providers, not the general public), but the margins for the companies providing chipsets has actually been very high (until very recently when the slowdown in Asia created a slowdown in demand growth). We live in interesting times. Thanks for the article Teri. Clark