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Web services fits into the original vision of the ASP model in that there are these functions out on the Internet and you can just go out there and rent them.

Web services are the mortar. But you also have to consider the bricks and the shape of the building.

Web services are only going to work if Java and .Net are going to be interoperable.

We bought some shares recently in a dot.com company that was absolutely annihilated after this recent rout, About.com ( BOUT : Research , Estimates ), which is the ninth-largest Web property of all Web properties. The stock dropped from 100 in late March, to a low of $21. This is a company with a real business model that had blowout first-quarter earnings. And they are actually going to turn a profit in 2001. Investors went from 'everything Internet is good', to the 'everything Internet is bad' mantra. So now you've got to do your homework and look at individual names and identify the business models that are valid. And I think this is one that can go back to its old high.

We're increasingly inclined to put our scoops on the Web before publication in the newspaper. Our guiding principle should be to serve our readers first, getting news and information out as quickly as possible. It's also true that some stories just work better in print, particularly enterprise and investigative work with multiple elements and greater depth and length. The key is to tailor the content to the platform.

We're in a do-it-yourself mega-trend where people can do it themselves. It's so much easier to write to the Web, talk to the Web and put images on the Web.

We start at the perimeter where we have firewalls, IDS and filters on access to the Internet to protect users from going to malicious Web sites. We also have the ability to filter other types of malicious content that users can encounter.

So if the other two tools haven't been released, there's no great reason to have this released yet. It absolutely exists to support both Web Designer and Interactive Designer.

So many students today use the Web as a source of information. There's going to be an interactive feel; the dean is actually talking to the students from the Web site.

So many people know Rick. He has had an incredible impact on so many children. It is just huge. His speech is coming back, his movement is coming back and everyone is very hopeful. Carol said she knows it will be a long road ahead and is so appreciative of the support. And the Web site is so good because it allows everyone to feel connected.