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To: Sonki who wrote (17787)	7/12/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: Dennis	Respond to of 64865

HI Sonki....yes, yes, yes, I am enjoying the hot summer SUNW.....what can I say to the person who taught me to do my homework and gradually get out of those mutual funds. gg THANK YOU !!!! Are you into your new house yet?? Don't forget about the cruise.....when we get closer I will let you know well in advance.....still years off at this point. Hope All Is Well Peace

To: Sonki who wrote (17787)	7/12/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 64865

sunw is up 3.08% and msft up 1.01% i have seen this this 3 to 1 difference for a long time now. i wounder if msft is going to make a one big move to catup or the gap will widen? I've been watching this for 15 months. I think we're actually finally seeing a changing of the guard. -JCJ

To: Sonki who wrote (17787)	7/13/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear Sonki: I know we are supposed to stick to the topic but I believe what I am about to post is relevent. It gives an inkling of the quality of the middle management of some of the large cap stocks. Thank GOD, none of mine are listed. JDN A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest. They were looking > >for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. > >Here are some of the submissions: > > > >1. As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building > >using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday > >and employees will receive their cards in two weeks. (This was the > >winning entry; Fred Dales at Microsoft Corporation) > > > >2. What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter. > > > >(Lykes Lines Shipping) > > > >3. How long is this Beta guy going to keep testing our stuff? > >(Programming intern, Microsoft IIS Development team) > > > >4. E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should > >be used only for company business. (Accounting Mgr., Electric Boat > >Company) > > > >5. This project is so important, we can't let things that are more > >important interfere with it. (Advertising/Mktg. Mgr., UPS) > > > >6. Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. No one > >will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on > >it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know > >when it's time to tell them. (R&D Supervisor, Minnesota Mining & > >Manufacturing /3M Corp.) > > > >7. My boss spent the entire weekend retyping a 25-page proposal that only > > > >needed corrections. She claims the disk I gave her was damaged and she > >couldn't edit it. The disk I gave her was write-protected. (CIO of Dell > >Computers) > > > >8. Quote from the boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what 'I' say." > > > > (Mktg. executive, Citrix Corporation) > > > >9. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When > > > >I told my boss, he said she died so that I would have to miss work on the > > > >busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to > >Friday. He said, "That would be better for me." (Shipping Executive, FTD > > > >Florists) > > > >10. We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going > > > >to discuss it with the employees. (AT&T Long Lines Division) > > > >11. We recently received a memo from senior management saying, "This is > >to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject > >mentioned above." (Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division) > > > >12. One day my boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning > >a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon > >enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until > >tomorrow to > >ask for it!" (New Business Mgr., Hallmark Cards) > > > >13. As director of communications, I was asked to prepare a memo > >reviewing our company's training programs and materials. In the body of > >the memo one of the sentences mentioned the "pedagogical approach" used > >by one of the training manuals. The day after I routed the memo to the > >executive committee, I was called into the HR Director's office, and was > >told that the executive VP wanted me out of the building by lunch. When > >I asked why, I was told that she wouldn't stand for "perverts" > >(pedophiles?) working in her company. Finally he showed me her copy of > >the memo, with her demand that I be fired, with the word "pedagogical" > >circled in red. The HR Manager was fairly reasonable, and once he looked > > > >the word up in his dictionary and made a copy of the definition to send > >to my boss, he told me not to worry. He would take care of it. Two days > > > >later a memo to the entire staff came out, directing us that no words > >which could not be found in the local Sunday newspaper could be used in > >company memos. A month later, I resigned. In accordance with company > >policy, I created my resignation letter by pasting words together from > >the Sunday paper. (Taco Bell Corporation)