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To: E_K_S who wrote (12080)	11/27/1998 9:21:00 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

It seems as if you and I hold similar views on the ultimate intentions of AOL and how SUNW fits into the picture. From the perspective of a SUNW shareholder, and probably AOL shareholders as well [I do not follow AOL], the future looks bright. From the perspective of a person with internet access right now, putting aside all considerations of stocks, I have a question and some related concerns: I would like to get a sense of how, in the future, the AOL vision (in which SUNW plays a role) will impact those of us non-AOL account types. Are we people with free internet access (via .edu, .org, or .gov nodes) to become second class citizens in cyberspace? What will happen to the small, regional IPs? It seems to me that AOL is trying to carve a position for itself where people like me, who have zero interest in AOL, might futuristically get stuck and have to open an additional account with AOL just because the only way we have access to things futuristically deemed mandatory is via AOL--the idea that an account with AOL is as necessary as a CD-ROM is in a PC purchased today. What do you think, Eric? As an aside, depending on the way AOL implements its vision, it could become the MSFT of the future--the target of Justice Department legal action. Lynn