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03/13/2001 Archived Entry: "Microsoft, eBay announce strategic alliance"

Microsoft, eBay announce strategic alliance | Computerworld News & Features Story| EBAY AND MICROSOFT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO EXPAND GLOBAL ONLINE PRESENCE
eBay and MS strike a deal that has some pretty interesting implications. Most interesting: incorporation of the eBay e-commerce engine into the .NET strategy. XML access to eBay auctions would come anyway, so that is of lesser importance. eBay's pledge to use Win2k at some level is interesting, but we'll have ot wait and see where that goes.