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To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (1987)7/28/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Travis  Respond to of 5023
 
Ben,

Great Post!

Travis



To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (1987)7/28/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid  Respond to of 5023
 
>> In this instance, at no time have our forecasts for high capacity floppy drives, such as Zip, ever exceeded the subsequent actual results by 40%, as claimed on the posting.<<

Hah! 25 Million units predicted as opposed to only 15 Million 1999 (estimated) Units Sales in is over 42% ERROR!

Disk Trend's Revisionist History is entertaining. Entertainment I guess is what makes it worth the thousands of $$$ their reports cost. But I sure wouldn't base any investment decisions on them.

And I guess according to Disk Trend, we have ALWAYS been at War with EastAsia.



To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (1987)7/28/1999 3:43:00 PM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5023
 
Ben, I saved Porter's reply for future use. Good work. I have the
highest respect for Mr Porter.

Gottfried



To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (1987)7/28/1999 3:51:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson  Respond to of 5023
 
Well done, Ben. Thanks for taking the time to communicate with Disk Trend and share Jim Porter's reply with us.

Regards - Dale