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To: Claude who wrote (22024)	5/4/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 74651

From ZDNET, confirming that MSFT may benefit anyways from AT&T buyout: "Ultimately, the bidding war for MediaOne may result in a purchase too rich even for Microsoft. But even if it opts not to bid, Microsoft could still end up ahead. The company has been negotiating a major technology partnership with AT&T, parent of No. 2 cable operator Tele-Communications Inc., and the talks could end up giving Microsoft a bigger role for its interactive-TV software. Last year, Microsoft secured a deal to supply TCI with a type of Windows CE software for some of its set-top boxes, splitting the business with rival Sun Microsystems Inc. AT&T, since its purchase of TCI, has been reviewing its technology commitments and could be moved to offer Microsoft a larger role if it agrees to stay out of the MediaOne bidding."