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To: Jay Rommel who wrote (17960)	9/23/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: e. boolean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>I couldn't help but laugh when I read your post. MSFT will NEVER out-yahoo YAHOO or out-AOL AOL ...They've been trying to kill AOL for a long time ...it's nothing new ... remember MSN ???? Just like they could never out-Apple Apple. Remember DOS? Remember Windows version 1? What junk! Who do they think they're kidding? HAHAHAHAHA....oops, never mind. e.b.

To: Jay Rommel who wrote (17960)	9/23/1998 10:33:00 AM
From: Tom Klempay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Jay, Allow me to share a little-known, but extremely effective competitive strategy that MSFT has used for the past 10 years. If they are losing the battle, they change the rules of the game. Look at past battles and you'll see what I mean. Lan Manager vs. Netware, IE vs. Navigator, and the list could go on. In this case <g>, MSN vs. AOL/YHOO was just the opening rounds of this 12 round fight. MSFT lost this round but that doesn't mean it's over. Not by a long shot. -tk ps. I don't work for MSFT, but have worked with them since the early days of NT.