From: Laura Butler
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 1997 6:32 PM
To: Net Meeting Team
Sobiect: Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
Corel is looking to get into the picture telephone business (result of
Netscape deal)"
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coughed up the $29 subscription fee, here’s both the link to the article
anti the first couple of paragraphs:
(http://interactive6.wsj.com/edition/current/articles’SB953349840285387500.html
Corel Turns Its Attention
To Video-Conferencing
Dow Jones News Services
TORONTO -- Corel Corp.. the Ottawa software firm with ambitions to
become an industry powerhouse, plans to start marketing
picture-telephone equipment for use on the Internet over regular
telephone lines by the summer.
Like other firms, Corel is betting that consumers are finally ready to
pay for face-to-face conversations when talking on the phone or over t~e
Internet. Significant growth is expected in the consumer
video-conferencing market this year because of technological advances
and cheaper prices.
Corel is looking at licensing picture-phone software developed by Vivo
Software Inc. for is video-conferencing product, and is in talks with
PictureTel Corp., a leading video-conferencing company and a partner
with Vivo. However, Corel says it might ultimately design the software
itself or use another company’s technology.
From: Laura Butler
Sent: Thurday, January 15, 1997 8:33 PM
To: NetMeeting Team; Laura Butler
Subject: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Iternet video phone business
I forgot to include a most interesting paragraph:
Corel aims to sell its packages for about $300, Limits on the technology
has kept prices out of the reach of most consumers at $500 and higher.
Corel's package will include the necessary software and camera, but not
a modem.
From: Charles Figerald
Sent: Thursay. January 16. 1997 9:55 AM
To: Max Morris; Laura Butler Conferencing Partner information
Subj.: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
Corel bas been investing in some weird analog videoconferencing stuff
for about the last two years. I read this as them dropping it
not Sure l would spend a lot of time with them on NetMeeting. they have
hard aligned against and are shipping communicator with their suite,
they may be just fishing for information
..... Original Message
From: Max Morris
Sent: Thurday, January 15, 1997 9:49 AM
Laura Butler Conferencing Partner information
Subject: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
They’ve been in touch with me about using NetMeeting for this...
Original Message
From: Max Morris
Sent: Thursay. January 16. 1997 9:57 AM
To: Laura Butler Conferencing Partner information Charles Figerald
Subj.: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
i figured as much. but he wants info on how to use our api’s and our
video stuff, i figure that’s innocuous enough he won’t get anything more
than that out of me. and who Knows, maybe that’s what they use, since
our friends way down south don't seem to have anything with video yet.
From: Steve Liffick
Sent: Thursday. January16. 1997 12:42 PM
To: Max Morris, Laura Butler Conferencing Partner informatlon Charles
Figerald Curt Smith
Subject: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
I’m a little late jumping in on this thread - but here’s another bit of
info Thru PlctureTel. Vivo (and thus Corel) is in a position to ship
full featured multipoint application sharing (+wb +chat +ft) that is
compatible wtth NetMeetmg
if a deal is Struck we should reiterate to Ptel/Vivo that we view Corel
as competitive with us and the terms of any license should not include
source code.
steve
From: Curt Smith
Sent: Thursday. January16. 1997 10:05 PM
To: Max Morris, Laura Butler Conferencing Partner information Charles
Figerald
Subject: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
don’t engage with people from corel, netcape or sun. not at all. don’t
return their call, don’t reply to email with information.
.... Original Message .....
From: Curt Smith
Sent: Thursday January 16 1997 1:24 PM
To: Steve Liffick
Subject: RE Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
what’s your point here? that we should be talking to competitors when
they call up asking questions i hope not. these companies want us to
die. don’t give them useful information when there’s not a chance in the
world they’re going to ally with us.
what do you think would happen if you called up sun, netscape or corel
to ask them about what they’re doing in the conferencing space?
it’s important to know what the competition is doing, but please don’t
give away our strategy or product plans by answering random technical
questions when people call you up. hackles should raise on the back of
your neck when you get a call from one of these 3 companies. interop
events, shows, etc., are the place to learn about the competition.
----Original Message--
From: Curt Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 16 1997 1 44 PM
To: Blake Irvings Direct Reports. Blake Irving
Subject: FW Whoa’ Corel is getting into the Internet video phone business
unnamed pm: "oh, yes, I answered a bunch of questions from this guy at sun."
i’ve mad recent conversations w/ people who give information to 3rd
parties over the phone and there’s little sensitivity among some of the
folks who get calls from outside the company about giving away
competitive information, let’s not make it easy for the clear competitors.
sun, netscape, (corel to a lesser extent), ibm: when they call just get
their questions, don’t answer any questions, take some notes, send emil
about what they were looking for, don’t call back. if they pester yoo,
tell them your manager needs to return the call.
..... Original Message---
From: Charles Fitzgerald
Sent: Thursday. January 16. 1997 1:47PM
To: Curt Smith; Blake Irving’s Direct Reports; Blake Irving
Cc: Ben Slivka: Erich Andersen (LCA)
Subject: RE: Whoa! Corel is getting into the mtemet video phone business..
Sun seems to be calling in a lot.
From: Ben Silvka
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 1997 7:28 PM
To: Brad Silverberg: Jim Allchin (Exchange)
Cc: Paul Maritz
Subject: answering phone calls from direct competitors
DawdMs (works on AFC graphics) got a phone call from someone at JavaSoft
asking about how to design stuff in Java to work best on Windows
JavaSoft had called the NT GDI group originally. but they (luckly)
forwarded to the Java team. See e-mil thread below on Collaboration for
another incident.
I'm concerned that our direct competitors may be calling in to random
people within MS and getting insight into our strategic efforts. Is
there any way we can communicate to your groups that contacts from Sun.
Netscape etc need to be funneled to some central group so we can avoid leaks
-Bens
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