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Dec 5 9:30 AM EST

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To: BillHoo who wrote (9928)	3/24/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: L.Gardner	Read Replies (1) of 213173

how does Apple benefit? They give away a trial version of Rhapsody-lite with handful of apps (word processor, e-mail client, internet) with a coupon to buy full-function Rhapsody. The internet application has bookmarks to a host of official and unofficial Rhapsody user/shareware sites. So the user will have a hefty supply of shareware. Great strategy. Now all they need to do is get Rhapsody to do what it's supposed to. Namely, manage big, multi-streamed servers on huge networks with no down-time. That's the future of computing. But sign of that yet. Why? They don't have the man(woman)power in their code bunkers. Jobs is good at cracking the whip. He worked his people to near-death when he started up Next, and very few bailed. But this is a much, much bigger project. Set limits on 75% of your position based on near-term profit reports and big April buy orders, sell, and wait on the sidelines to see what your other 25% will fare long-term. Rhapsody's future is nebulous, to put it mildly. . . But rumors on consumer appliances and are interesting. . . L.Gardner

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