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To: JDN who wrote (14183)	2/4/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 64865

Sun Says No> Sun Will Not Buy Stake in Symbian Venture By Farah Nayeri at Bloomberg News 04 February 1999 Sun Microsystems Inc., a top maker of computers that run Internet sites, will not buy an equity stake in Symbian, a venture by the world's top three cellular phone makers, Nokia Oyj, Motorola Inc. and Ericsson AB, Sun's chief executive officer Scott McNealy said. Symbian in the past has said Sun, NEC Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. might take equity stakes of about 5 percent in Symbian. Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola hold 23.1 percent of Symbian, while Psion Plc, a U.K. computer maker, holds 30.7%. Sun is allowing Symbian to use Jini. If Sun took an equity stake, however, Symbian's rivals might shun Sun in favor of competing software proposed by Microsoft Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. "We are as wired in as we can be without owning equity," said McNealy. "I'd rather support them like crazy without alienating their competitors." For Symbian, Sun's software Jini offers the possibility of linking its so-called smart-phones to consumer electronics and home computers. Smart phones add computer functions like word processing and Internet surfing to voice features. Sun's shares fell 5 5/16, or 4.81%, to 105 3/16. Psion's shares rose 23.5 pence to 952p, Nokia shares rose 0.80 euros to 121.80, Ericsson shares rose 3.5 kronas to 223.5. Motorola shares fell 2 3/16 to 67 5/8. Related Stories

To: JDN who wrote (14183)	2/4/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: Dale J.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

OTOT Dear JDN: No I am an Independent and I didn't vote for President Clinton. But impeachment is a vehicle for doing what is best for the country. It was never intended as a vehicle for punishment. I think Ken Star did what he had to do. He did his job. Paula Jones I think was vindicated, and I don't think anyone will call her a liar again. But there are also privacy issues at stake. Take Monica L. for instance. She committed no crime. Yet she was forced under duress of 25 year prison sentence to reveal every last detail of her LEGAL and consensual relationship. Then they took all those details and put them on the internet for her Mother, Father, friends and future children to read. It is only human nature, at some point you have a right to protect yourself from government intrusion. Dale