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To: ronald rollins who wrote (21587)	4/28/1999 6:26:00 PM
From: Douglas Nordgren	Respond to of 29386

<<..Internet 2 would increase demand for FC storage by 1 or 2 orders of magnitude>> The questioner's reaction to KH's response was "oh, gosh!" Webster - order of magnitude: a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value. One order of magnitude would be 10x; two, 100x. *"Holy sht!"** would have been more apropos. <g> Can see the need for FC storage for all these "aptent" providers. Letter in "the Industry Standard" from DoubleClic VP thestandard.com >> Another example of why I religiously read The Standard cover-to-cover every week can be found in "That Thing You Do" by Tim Miller [March 19]." ( thestandard.com ) This little gem of an article illuminates the new type of Web company with a business model that fits neither the traditional Web publisher nor the traditional software developer – but that is a combination of the two. Companies such as eBay, Priceline.com, CompareNet, GeoCities and many others use technology to enhance or actually create "content" – and in the process, redefine what it means to be a "publisher." Miller calls this "aptent" – the combination of software applications and content – and its implications to the Net economy are huge. One can see the beginnings of this in the growth of MP3 culture. It won't be long until we have our first global Internet hit or band. Other "aptent" type companies will emerge that offer users the benefits of Web access to business and personal data, including everything from past surfing habits (think portal on the fly) to electronic wallets and secure financial data. The Internet will continue to enable creative people to build businesses that truly are new. This is just starting to get interesting. Robert Kadar Regional VP DoubleClic <<

To: ronald rollins who wrote (21587)	4/28/1999 6:32:00 PM
From: David Andersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

I too believe that there must be at least one signed but unannounced OEM. When asked if the company was shipping product on any unannounced OEM's they claimed the constraint of NDAs. If there is no contract there is no NDA to prevent the company from answering the question. They are under an obligation to give us the truth. If the company has no unnannounced OEMs, they can say so. To avoid the question by claiming the protection of a nonexistant NDA would be clearly misleading. Only if there is an unannounced OEM with an NDA can the company honestly answer the question in the manner in which they have.