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To: lars molin who wrote (2483)	5/31/1999 10:01:00 PM
From: BrooklynDave	Respond to of 2675

MACROMEDIA FEATURED IN BUSINESS WEEK!! Very Positive Article. businessweek.com Lars, as far as the merger, MACR and RNWK use a similar business model. According to BW article both giving away the basic model(RNWK=RealPlayer)(MACR=ShockMachine) but charging for the "souped up version." Therefor seeing them merge would be great.

To: lars molin who wrote (2483)	6/1/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: Scott Kessler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2675

Hmmm... MACR/RNWK. That would be interesting, but I don't see it. The merger would be a virtual merger of equals which generally is seen as a negative for in the mkt. I also think the cos. have 2 diff't platforms -- animation vs. sound. Yes, the cos.' products are plug-ins & the cos. have many similarities, but I think MACR wants to focus on ramping shockwave.com. Incidentally, if s.com is spun-off, those $15 mln. in losses disappear. Was encouraged by MACR's up day in the teeth of a Nasdaq debacle...