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To: Loring who wrote (25168)	1/27/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Good point Loring and I would agree with you that Novell does not have a good grasp or Critical Mass of staff with E-Commerce strength. I would think the solution to this goes in hand with my last posting idea. Novell should acquire or partner with a Startup that has an understanding of how the Novell technology could be used (ie. maybe even an EBay or Buy.Com type portal company). Then create a Novell spinoff entity with the newly acquired compnay and move Novell's Internet initiative staff (like the "Digital Me" team) into this spinoff. Novell should then give this entity the directives and goals to develop E-Commerce and Internet Service portal solutions that can generate revenue in the unique ways that these companies find to make revenue. The additional goal would be to ensure that Novell's NDS is the core to any product/service that this entity creates. Hmmm - what name shall we call this new entity? How bout.... E@Novell E@NDS commerce@nds (Dont put me in a PR roll folks) lol Toy

To: Loring who wrote (25168)	1/27/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

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To: Loring who wrote (25168)	1/27/1999 3:04:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Here's how "Isn't there a basic problem though, with your hopes for Digital Me in that Novell probably knows very little about retail/consumer marketing." Yes all very true. But that is not what selling Digital Me to the internet is all about. We are talking here about Ecommerce and selling a solution that facilitates ecommerce --- a solution which involves Novell plumbing. Novell is going to sell a lot of plumbing to vendors who want to have an ecommerce platform that works. How? By providing vendors with access to the vault in which digital identities are stored without disclosing the information that makes the identity secure. Vendors are the first customers. They will fall over themselves knowing that they don't have to run security checks and maintain vast databases on their customers in order to sell toasters and get paid. Think of it as Novell selling the little machine that the supermarket uses to swipe your credit card through for transactions--- but in this case an internet version. Secondly if Novell manages the vault transaction itself or through a partnership with other companies it obtains the back end service revenue. Call it a Novell directory in every ecommerce transaction. At the front end it simplifies the whole ecommerce process by eliminating vendor responsibility for the customer verification process. At the back end it simplifies the billing/payment for the transaction by working with AMEX etc. (Incidentally once a major shareholder!) Just imagine how this system will cut down on fraudulent credit card purchases. What about retail customers? Well just give me that secure identity and take the risk out of buying products on the internet and watch what the consumer does.