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To: memflyken2 who wrote (19037)1/24/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: marion (Hijacked)  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27307
 
<<Plus, why would MSFT do that when, if Mr. Bill really wanted to, he could build from scratch his own portal system for peanuts, and launch it whenever. (Macrosoft? The Great Gates Gate? Other suggestions welcome.)>>

Microsoft already has a portal. It's MSN.com. They also own Hotmail.
According to the December Media Metrix numbers, Microsofts web sites had more users and reach than Yahoo.

1 AOL 54.5 30,967

Websites

2 Microsoft 48.4 27,478

Sites

3 Yahoo 48.2 27,381

Sites



To: memflyken2 who wrote (19037)1/24/1999 2:51:00 PM
From: vibaby  Respond to of 27307
 
Astound me Mem...

<<And yes, vibe, we can think, chew gum, and have fun, all at the same time. The Bronx, he says; what a guy/girl...>>

Last time I looked, definitely guy