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To: robert scheb who wrote (4763)	11/25/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: Larry S.	Respond to of 4903

Hi Bob. I think you are worrying needlessly. I believe that Communicator will continue to be offered and improved. I access the internet thru a cable modem and have both NSCP and IE on my system. I primarily used NSCP because i like it better. I'm sure that we will be able to continue to use Communicater email and browser features. They aren't going to, and really can't "move us over to AOL". If anything NSCP browser should become a stronger entity as AOL backs its developement in e-commerce, business uses, netcenter, etc. So I think that you are worrying for naught. I often how both browser open, using NSCP for info (Yahoo biz stuff, SI, chart sites, email, news, etc. and have IE open with my main trading acct so i can have it immediately accessible if something looks good. Hope this helps. larry

To: robert scheb who wrote (4763)	11/27/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: D VanSwol	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4903

>>The more I think about this merger the less I like it. What its doing for Netscape browser users like myself is moving us over to AOL and all of its rotten E-mail and other faults that I don't care to mention. What's the alternative??? << I've had the same concern. I t may be that the next step is to applications like Apple's Sherlock, which bypasses the browser altogether. I havent' yet upgraded to Mac OS8.5, which contains Sherlock, so I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks promising as an alternative to having to resort to IE. --Dennis--