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To: Link Lady who wrote (2484)	9/26/1998 6:45:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Respond to of 4231

>>Microsoft eyes app server market Any ideas who will want Softquad's...? Not Microsoft...the only reason MSFT would acquire HoTMetaL/APPS would be as a preemptive strike to literally kill the division in order to eliminate competition with their own strategies incl FrontPage...however, HoTMetaL is neither a perceived nor real threat to FrontPage nor to anything Microsoft is up to...this division still should be very attractive to Netscape, VERIO, NTT, Sun, SYMC, MACR, Corel, CMGI or portfolio company, IBM, or perhaps even a very aggressive and well funded SIMPLE\|NET?... HoTMetaL Pro 5.0/HMAPPS commerce sq.com should firmly? establish this as a very attractive and timely strategic acquisition ...Fall Internet World events.internet.com [SoftQuad listed as an exhibitor] is in a week...perhaps there will be coincident news?...