Eric, let's look this dog from a different angle:
(1) Internet/Intranet is still new to most of the companies and most
of the people, but is it a trend? Is it inevidable? come to think
about the late 70's and early 80's how people looks at the
8 bits PC.
Without Internet, you and I and all others on this thread cannot
even becoming emotional even if we all want to share our feeling.
I, for one, was not so crazy about using computer at home and I am a computer professional because I think computer is my work to
bring butter and bread home, definitely not worth to give more
time.
But now, my attitude towards computer has changed because the
Internet. Because I can reach out beyond my house not just a
gateway to hook to my company's machine but to the world...
Think about this, the Internet/Intranet will have much bigger
recognition in our world, more people will be hooked to this
and NOVELL is in this game, it is not late for NOVELL,
because the majority of the world is still trying to figure this new tool out. And look this quarter's figure, it actually
increses 41% on Internet/Intranet related sales comparing to
Q1/96 figure, this figure tells you something ... If this figure
goes the other way, I would curse it and dump the dog.
(2) People on this NOVELL thread are hooked, they curse the stock, they dumped the stock but they comes back and buy again or short
again, do you know why? We are all addicted, Internet is a silent friend, friends need talk, without participating this thread, where do they find another friend like this one? This silent friend is very unique, it good for the soul for the long term.
Honestly, I kind like this thread because it keeps me young again.
(3) Novell is still in a transitional mood, companies renews their
Novell products becuase they see more general purposes out of
Novell softwares, they want e-mail, they want Internet, they want
application, they want file sharing, they want a lot of function
in one box, we all agree NOVELL has good products, good product
never die, they just sleep a bit when their sales people tries to learn the new game themselve.
(4) So, what went wrong? why are we so mad?
Personally, I think Peter Troop should be removed from his position, replace him with someone who is more informative, more
knledgeable and more friendly, not just copy the same note to whoever asks disregard their question. I believe to replace
Mr. Troop is much easier than to replace the BOD.
With a friendly PR man, we, investors, at least can reach someone
in NOVELL officially, that is also good for the souls.
(5) I don't think I am smart than anyone on this thread, I definitely
know very little about networking, forget about sales, I have to
trust someone's expertise in NOVELL, I see the future, I see NOVELL is going into that future, I know the pilot is not that
good, but a good one will turn out sooner or later because
sharks are everywhere...
(4) Do you buy LOTTO?
When a lotto number didn't turn out in my hand, what I do?
nothing, just bad luck, I kept on buying, just wishing ...
(5) We were in as low as 8 3/4 not long ago, can we take another hit?
I look this dog in a totally diferent way, I know this dog is
a good one but just don't have good dicipline yet, give sometime
it will turn, I keep on reminding myself, good product never
die ...
(6) Look on the bright side, if anyone can weather through NOVELL and
gain at end after a long journey, I think it is mentally healthy
for future participation in the stock market because this
experience is so unique ... Buying/selling is only a matter of
diciplinations, this dog teachs me a good lesson and it trained
me the meaning of patience and long term ...
Well, I must stop, it an addict ... worse than drug or smoke ...
Regards.
Tang
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