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To: Moonray who wrote (28909)	3/10/1999 3:46:00 PM
From: Doug	Respond to of 45548

Moonray: Superb opportunities exists on the Global level. COMS marketing strategy is poor. By now ,they should have had a Road show in every major City of the world. The road show should have consisted of 3 to 5 Vans all Networked with 10 Stations in each Van. Every interested student and the Teaching staff of the schools in Town should have been invited. There are huge opportunities but the will and motivation is sadly lacking.

To: Moonray who wrote (28909)	3/11/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 45548

March 11, 1999: 3Com to Have Sex with Microsoft!!! 3Com-Microsoft Venture to Develop PC Products By SETH SCHIESEL The Microsoft Corporation and the 3Com Corporation intend to announce an alliance to jointly develop products to connect personal computers and computer peripherals within homes, executives from the two companies said Wednesday. The concept behind the venture is that consumers could save money by sharing modems, printers, scanners and removable storage devices like zip disks by linking PC's into in-home networks rather than buy multiple peripherals to cover each computer in a home. The technology would also ease the playing of head-to-head computer games. The companies intend to make the products, which would be co-branded by 3Com and Microsoft, available in two stages. This summer big personal computer manufacturers would begin to include the new product in machines for customers willing to pay extra for them. Then this fall 3Com and Microsoft will begin to distribute add-on products through retail channels, including stores and Internet shops. The companies do not intend to announce specific PC partners tomorrow. 3Com and Microsoft said last night that they planned to charge less than $100 a computer for the new networking product. new products. Kevin Eagan, director for business development at Microsoft's hardware group, said the deal with 3Com was the first time Microsoft had agreed to cobrand a networking product. The alliance between Microsoft, the No. 1 developer of PC software, and 3Com, the maker of data networking equipment, represents a bet that consumers are as eager to link PC's at high speed in their homes as they are in connecting to cyberspace. The cable television and local telephone industries are locked in a battle to be the first to deliver widespread high speed Internet access to United States customers. Executives from the companies said that while they would consider expanding into cable modems and high-speed phone line modems, the venture would initially focus on in-home networking using phone lines.