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To: BillHoo who wrote (25336)	7/7/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

OT OT OT Actually, the looting that occurs in situations like this is predictable and follows set patterns. The fact that the police didn't do anything in 77 is more a testament to their general ineffectiveness. Note the current blackouts in the NE because of the heat....granted, they aren't wide scale, but the problems are mitigated because greater planning and knowledge have been brought to bear on the problems. I'm not expecting the "grand" problems from Y2K that most people are. Some pockets of major issues, but not alot. As for the Hurricane analogy...again, predictable. I have been through several hurricanes and can attest to the fact that little food is on the shelves beforehand. Afterward, however, I have never seen the lack of friendly behavior you talk about. I've seen it on TV, often sensationalized to seem like it is prevalent. However, it is usually as you described it - the poor, who are unable to plan ahead (vicious circle to begin with), are victimized to a greater degree and take it out on the perceived "villian(s)". In most disasters that I've lived through (2 to date...3 if you count Agnes), I have seen increased civility and trust throughout the populace in general. The mistrust was primarily sown by gov't efforts to "spread the wealth" (which was really more take from those that have and give to those who don't) and the bullying of the populace by politicians out for their own gain by scaring people into overreaction. In general, the boys in uniform are great. But, when the pols tell them what to do, it is usually utter futility. Good luck on your training. I hope we don't need it. I don't think we will.

To: BillHoo who wrote (25336)	7/7/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: Marc Newman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213173

Quotes from Lou M. in the article: <<The fact of the matter is, PC unit demand is very, very high -- in fact it's higher this year than we had expected going into this year. So, lots of people are going to be buying computers -- they're going to pay less for them, but that's not news to anybody, that's just a fact of life -- and certain companies are doing really well in this environment and other companies are having problems. Generally, companies that have nicely focused strategies with good execution are doing well, and that would include companies like Apple (AAPL: news, msgs), Dell (DELL: news, msgs) and Gateway (GTW: news, msgs).>> <<And they've [Apple] still got a corner on the education market? Substantial share in the education market. And in fact, this year -- it's an interesting phenomenon -- over the last couple of years there had been some erosion of their share in education, because a lot of education buyers thought that Apple was dead and that they had no other choice but to go to (Windows/Intel PCs). Well, what's happened this last year is, people say "Hey, this company isn't dead, and I don't want to change and therefore I'm not going to change." We're just beginning to see that this year, and I think we're actually going to see share increases in education for the company next year.>> Well, that would certainly dovetail with Eric's unit shipment projection! I expect education sales in Q4 (July-September) to really rock, even if the P1 comes in late in the quarter. Marc