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To: Pamela Murray who wrote (10279)	2/11/1999 12:42:00 PM
From: MangoBoy	Respond to of 12468

<< Apparently there are rumors about tgnt acquiring icgx >> reminds me of something Nathan Myhrvold, the CTO of Microsoft, wrote in a 1996 internal memo evaluating "Network Computers": This looks like a great investment opportunity, for our competitors. on the surface i don't see how this could be cost-effective for TGNT. assuming a 15% premium, ICGX would cost $1B. Then the time-cost of executing the merger. Then dealing with all ICGX's assets that don't fit TGNT's model, or dealing with shareholder flight since TGNT would no longer be a "pure play" in BBW.