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To: Thure Meyer who wrote (23317)	4/27/1999 11:02:00 AM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

From Ziff Davis Net - More Spin zdnet.com " TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1999 The Next Microsoft? Now We Know Jesse Berst, Editorial Director ZDNet AnchorDesk Last week I told you why portals are in trouble. Click for more. Today I'll explain why America Online -- which many think of as a portal -- is about to kick Microsoft's butt. The reason is AOL is more than a portal. It's an access provider (more on that in a minute). And it's about to become a hardware provider too. In the two decades I've spent scrutinizing the computer industry, I've watched rulers come and go. And unless Bill Gates gets his company's act together fast, I say Microsoft's reign will end. I'm nominating America Online as the next ruler of the technology world. .... " Ahhh, the smell of spring time spin on the web. Thure

To: Thure Meyer who wrote (23317)	4/29/1999 2:48:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

<< I believe their inability to integrate the Tandem and DEC product lines into a meaningful strategy has cost them dearly and will continue to be a drain in the near future. >> Really, if they had personally used a Tandem, a DEC, and a Compaq, they would never have had any illusions about making them into some kind of coherent product line, I would have thought. The kind of staff, the OS, the paradigms, the cost basis, the customers, the apps, etc etc are very very different. As different as possible, given that we are talking about the general category of computers. You're not even talking about the same approach on character codes or numerical formats. Just look at the trouble, expense, and years this kind of problem has cost IBM. The best they can do is sell pc's and networking along with the big hardware and software all in one sale, maybe. Actually, I think they make more on Tandems selling terminals than PC's used as terminals, and want terminals for security, generally. So where's the benefit? IMO, Chaz