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| 3139.1 |  | POWDML::SMCCONNELL | Next year, in Jerusalem! | Fri Jun 03 1994 16:01 | 8 | 
|  |     re: .0
    
    Don - maybe you should send a copy of that article to Max Mayer (isn't
    Max responsible for these kinds of partnerships?)...
    
    ?
    
    Steve
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| 3139.2 |  | KLUSTR::SOUTHY::Gardner | South Boston Mudshark | Fri Jun 03 1994 17:40 | 5 | 
|  | 	this is false....
	I will not honor it with more comment
	_kelley
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| 3139.3 |  | AKOCOA::BBARRY | Laudabamusne Rex | Sat Jun 04 1994 09:46 | 25 | 
|  | >Note 3139.2   KLUSTR::SOUTHY::Gardner "South Boston Mudshark" 
    
>	this is false....
>	I will not honor it with more comment
>	_kelley
    
    Which statement is false?
    
>    As far as Lotus is concerned, there will be no Notes version on
>    Digital's Alpha AXP platforms.  When asked what kind of relationship it
>    has with Digital, a Lotus executive siad, "We don't.  DEC is weak.  We
>    were having a discussions wit [Edward] Lucente [Digital's former head
>    of sales and marketing], but those ended when he left, and we haven't
    
    
    -OR-
    
    
>    Don - maybe you should send a copy of that article to Max Mayer (isn't
>    Max responsible for these kinds of partnerships?)...
    
 
    /Bob
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| 3139.4 | the following is **COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL** | KLUSTR::SOUTHY::Gardner | South Boston Mudshark | Sat Jun 04 1994 11:55 | 24 | 
|  | 	my .1 *was* a tad emotional wasn't it?
	to be more specific, the assertion that negotiations with Lotus
	about the Notes port et. al. have not continued in the wake of Ed's
	departure is most certainly false....as I was/am not directly
	involved with said negotiations, comment on their exact status
	would be imprudent....I will say this though:
	1. Even an outside observer might note the Ed did not help us
	   bring these negotiations to closure....IMHO, his departure
	   from them was not necessarily a bad thing....
	2. I have reason to know that the Alpha Notes port HAS ALREADY
	   BEEN DONE and is running on a variety of Alpha NT boxes (although
	   its not necessarily final)....the Agreement has been held up
	   more by political issues than technical.....
	3. With 1. and 2. under your belt, if you reread the ComputerWorld
	   comments again, they sure seem like political wrangling, don't
	   they ;-)
	there, I feel better
	_k
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| 3139.5 |  | AKOCOA::BBARRY | Laudabamusne Rex | Sat Jun 04 1994 12:40 | 4 | 
|  |     Agreed. It is most frustrating to witness blunder after blunder and
    try to remain *unemotional*...
    
    /Bob
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| 3139.6 | Don't tell them we have their solutions | TAEC::CONTI | Pierre Conti CBS Engineering Valbonne /828-5340 | Sat Jun 04 1994 17:10 | 16 | 
|  |     
RE: 3139.4
    
        I don't know about "political wrangling", but I don't understand
        the strategy:
    
            _1  Do you mean that this kind of Computerworld pages on Digital
                are good for us?
    
            _2  "Alpha Notes port HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE" is " **COMPANY
                CONFIDENTIAL**", otherwise if customers learn that, they
                may want to buy our Alpha NT systems ;-)
    
                                               
                                    _ Pierre _
    
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| 3139.7 | Good... now we need to tell other people | LACV01::ROMANO | Don Romano - LACT IM&T | Sun Jun 05 1994 19:17 | 7 | 
|  |     Well... I'm glad to hear that the topic is not true.  But as far as
    external people are concerned it may be true.  I would hope to see some
    sort of rebuttal out there in Computerworld saying that this is false. 
    It's nice for us to know the truth... but for a large percentage of the
    population... what they read is the truth.
    
    Don
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