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To: ed who wrote (20669)	4/18/1999 12:40:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

ed: MSFT did not need to own the box maker in the case of the PC; in fact that was their strength. If they were to buy the Palm Pilot division they would find themselves in the same boat as Apple. No they just have to see to it that CE has the best synchronization to the PC and is further supported by a wide array of applications. JFD

To: ed who wrote (20669)	4/18/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Joe S Pack	Respond to of 74651

Ed: 3COM already started opening its Palm. >>>> If 3coms open up the Palm for clone, we will see Palm be the common platform for PDA for tomorrow's world. The failure of Apple is because it refused to open up the MAC for clone. The success of Intel, is because IBM's open the PCs for clone which benefit Microsoft. Now, the history will repeat itself again, but this time is not PC, but PDA, a bigger market. For CE to be successful, I am afraid Microsoft probably need to buy out COMS's PALM division. <<<< 3Com "Does something smart"- Jim Seymour, The Street.com 4-16-99 5:45PM exchange2000.com Also 3COM is in negotiation with AOL to link Palm. mercurycenter.com -Nat P.S: I am long both MSFT and AOL.