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To: Jenne who wrote (8588)	3/30/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: Catcher	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 41369

What was AOLs price on 1-1-99? Thanks in advance.

To: Jenne who wrote (8588)	3/30/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Thanks Jenne, This is powerful: As a pair, AOL and Sun present a more formidable challenge to Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, in the market for electronic-commerce software. With Netscape's software, the alliance has products that span from silicon chips that power computers to popular World Wide Web chat rooms. The venture, called Sun-Netscape Alliance, hopes to speed the development of electronic-commerce software and services, targeting the growing number of companies that sell via the Internet. Sun and AOL want to give companies the tools they need to make shopping on the Internet easier. The first new products are expected to ship in the first quarter of 2000, and the companies said they expect the new alliance to be profitable. Vendit

To: Jenne who wrote (8588)	3/30/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: Smart Investor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

All this shows that MSFT and AOL/NSCP/SUN will battle each other for revenues in e-commerce in the future. This is good, we will get low online service charges. Let us think about it, will the consumers get Netscape Navigator free without the competition from MSFT? Competition is good for the consumer, and I want to see MSFT to compete head on with AOL/NSCP/SUN. The government should just get out of this, and let them compete. Other companies should not use the government to get a competitive edge. At the end of the day, I bet MSFT will be the winner.