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DATE: Tuesday, January 30, 1996              TAG: 9601300093
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-5  EDITION: METRO 

A DEAL TO GRIN ABOUT

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  AP. Microsoft Corp. CEO Bill Gates (right) and Bert 
          Roberts, head of MCI Communications Inc., said Monday the companies 
          will sell each other's products. MCI's logo goes into Microsoft's 
          Windows software, and MCI will use Microsoft's Internet Explorer to 
          cruise the World Wide Web. ``MCI and Microsoft have a lot in 
          common,'' Gates said. ``We're both very entrepreneurial and see some
          great opportunities ahead''on the Internet.