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To: t2 who wrote (13582)	12/28/1998 8:40:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The flip side of what I said is, once the trial is over, if MSFT wins, It will be hard for the DOJ to come back at them, no matter how pissed they are. Gates would never want to break it up. He likes to win. And they do win. An example: PC magazine, January issue, rates "Picture it" as the "Editor's choice". I consistently prefer their consumer software. "Quicken" kicks "Money", in my opinion, and "ACT" is a better small marketing management program, but Bill is good.

To: t2 who wrote (13582)	12/29/1998 2:03:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

tech - You missed an important one - MSFT did a deal with Tandem in 1996 which gave them technical access to NonStop SQL, which is not well known since it only runs on Tandem Himalaya machines, but is one of the best databases from an architectural viewpoint. MSFT announced in September that they had done an additional series of agreements with CPQ for Tandem NonStop technology including both cluster and database pieces. This seems like a much more solid plan than acquiring a second tier player outright.