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To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (16636)	5/11/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: stock_bull69	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Gee Olu, you have me shaking in my boots and me thinks I will sell all my AOL shares first thing in the morning! NOT!!! Do you honestly think that after holding on from $175 down to $112 that I'd sell my AOL shares. I'd sure like to know what you're smokin because it better be good! LOL & good luck covering your short! Steve

To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (16636)	5/11/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: David Cecil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

141 7/16 Looks like CSCO's results are helping already.

To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (16636)	5/11/1999 5:23:00 PM
From: Tom Tallant	Respond to of 41369

Olu, Me thinks you just got squeesed. Regards, Tom

To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (16636)	5/11/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: Ross Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

You're a very funny guy. I think your "too-tight" shorts are cutting off the supply of oxygen to your brain <ggg>

To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (16636)	5/11/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

FOCUS-AOL in alliances to deliver Internet via TV (recasts throughout, updates stock prices, adds executive quotes, byline) By Eric Auchard NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - America Online Inc. <AOL.N> on Tuesday unveiled its long-awaited interactive television plans, seeking to demonstrate that the top Internet media network is ready to play in the converging worlds of computers and TV. In a blizzard of announcements, Dulles, Va.-based America Online said it agreed to a half-dozen partnerships to develop a converter box that transforms TVs into Internet receivers and a satellite TV system to deliver interactive online services. AOL TV, as the America Online project is called, will bring many features of the existing AOL online service to U.S. TV viewers, like e-mail buddy lists and quick-checkout online shopping, as well as various special TV navigation features. "This is not a replacement for the personal computer," Barry Schuler, president of AOL's Interactive Services Group, said in an interview. "We are looking at other places where people will extend their online experience in the home." But while AOL gave a glimpse of how it plans to propel the Internet into U.S. living rooms, AOL TV will not be available until 2000 -- missing this year's Christmas' buying season -- when most consumer electronics gadgets are sold each year. Despite all the deal-making, there were no signs of progress in finding partners to deliver the next generation of high-speed Internet services -- an issue that has clouded AOL's future outlook and sapped its stock price recently. Still, AOL showed it is advancing on its goal of reaching the 80 million U.S. homes without Internet connections. This was enough to raise the opinions of several AOL analysts on Wall Street, propelling the stock nearly 9 percent higher. AOL said its AOL TV unit had reached deals with Hughes Electronics Corp.'s <GMH.N> DirecTV, the No. 1 U.S. satellite TV service with 7 million subscribers, to combine DirectTV programming with an enhanced TV service from AOL TV. Hughes Networks, another Hughes unit, agreed to build the dual-purpose converter boxes necessary to transmit both DirectTV and AOL TV services to satellite TV subscribers. Schuler said the boxes would contain a satellite receiver and interactive TV software with the basic AOL system and graphics, requiring users to update only new data, thereby making the most of limited communications lines. In addition, Royal Philips Electronics NV <PHG.AS>, another provider of TV signal converter boxes, agreed to produce an advanced TV converter box to deliver AOL TV services based on a design from modem maker Boca Research Inc. <BOCI.O> Oracle Corp.'s Network Computer Inc. <ORCL.O> unit agreed to provide a complete software system for AOL TV, allowing the service to be displayed on sets connected to the Web by either phone or satellite links. Finally, National Semiconductor Corp. <NSM.N> said AOL had selected its microprocessor computer chip as the brains for the new Web-to-television converter boxes. The announcement marked the first major customer pact for National Semiconductor, a flagging rival of computer chip giant Intel Corp. <INTC.O>, which last week announced plans to shed Cyrix, its PC chip business, to focus on new Internet devices such as the ones that will be used in AOL TV boxes. The AOL TV services would allow U.S. consumers to view a special set of AOL interactive services on their televisions, either through standard phone line or satellite TV links. Initially the AOL TV services will be offered as add-on attachments to existing consumer TV sets. Eventually, Schuler hopes to convince major TV set makers to build the technology necessary to offer such services directly into new TV sets. Schuler promised AOL TV would satisfy a vast audience of couch potatoes. "This is not just about making your TV another computer Internet monitor," Schuler s...