ILOVEYOU

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             Microsoft Announces Release of ILOVEYOU 3.0.

REDWOOD CITY Calif, May 23, 2000 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. today
announced the immediate availability of ILOVEYOU 3.0 for Windows 2000,
bringing full support for automatically disseminated proactive data
removal applications to the Windows desktop.  ILOVEYOU 3.0 for Windows
2000 is designed to be the best automatic data destruction software
available that is fast, reliable, and simple to use.  It won Best of
Show at E-Business I-Expo World Las Vegas 2000.  ILOVEYOU 3.0 for
Windows 2000 will retail for $129.95.

ILOVEYOU 3.0 for Windows 2000 brings the power of automatic program
dissemination and installation to homes and offices worldwide.
Netowrk administrators no longer have to waste valuable time
installing software on every workstation; ILOVEYOU 3.0 installs itself
over the network at the touch of a button, using the convenient and
simple Microsoft Outlook mail package.  With ILOVEYOU 3.0 for Windows
2000, Internet users will be able to enjoy random destruction and
erasure of their data faster than ever before.  All standard hardware
will be supported.

Customer response was immediately enthusiastic.  ``We will be
purchasing six hundred copies of ILOVEYOU for Windows 2000
immediately,'' said Montgomery Noino, CTO of Intellisys NetSmarts
Inc., a Michigan E-commerce research firm.  ``The business advantages
of automatic network installation are too great to ignore.  We will
also be upgrading our remaining Windows 98 systems, because operating
system support for this package is critical to our company's
mission.''

Industry analysts predicted that the new release would deal a serious
blow to `alternative' operating systems such as Linux.  ``Free
software simply cannot respond to the needs of business in a timely or
effective way.'', said Hugh Beaumart, an analyst with The Millenium
Group.  ``What serious business enterprise can afford to use an
operating system with no support for automatic network installation?''

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software for personal and business computing. The company offers a
wide range of products and services designed to empower people through
great software - any time, any place and on any device.

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