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To: stockman_scott who wrote (16769)	2/10/2000 1:54:00 AM
From: Pareto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Well stockman, I agree on some points, Satisfaction of all customers is not the ultimate goal of SI or GNET. It is profitable growth and shareholders return. The same applies for Nordstrom and CocaCola. SI is part of a tremendous dynamic and hyper competitive market environment. Resources are scarce. Not money, but skilled programmers are the main bottleneck. Check out the following link, showing some of the investment sites on internet (good resource by the way): netcraft.com Traditional companies in the broker and information industries have jumped over the y2k obstacle and are now defining the net as their top priority and throwing in massive numbers of staff and money. We don't have resources to maintain a small sub site. We want our programmers to work on innovation, not on maintenance of old stuff. I think that's it. You can spend programmers resources only once, so you better concentrate. I suggest you become a shareholder of this focused company.... Disclaimer: this post mentions "We" and "our company" indicating that GNET Longs take it personal. Regards

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16769)	2/10/2000 3:17:00 AM
From: neverenough	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

Scott, Comparing the old SI to Classic Coke? Not really, taste is a strong sense, the way you view an internet page is personal preference. Change is good, accept it...

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16769)	2/10/2000 9:12:00 AM
From: The O	Respond to of 28311

<<When Coke stopped making 'the Classic Coke' available it was a HUGE marketing mistake.>> Are you kidding?? That was the most brilliant marketing move of all time!!!! I don't think you can compare si to coke. From an earnings standpont keeping the extra employees to keep old si up would not be practical. O

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16769)	2/10/2000 11:07:00 AM
From: trader7e7	Respond to of 28311

Scott, I agree. John

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16769)	2/11/2000 10:15:00 PM
From: Susan G	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 28311

What I would like to know after all these months of controversy is.... What the hell is so great about the old SI? The minute the new SI was introduced I jumped on and never went back, except for 2 times when the new SI was down. And I didn't like it at all - it's an antique compared to the new site. Even the type quality is not as good. And in my humble opinion, the reason for the site slowness and downed servers is the fact that they have been trying to keep the old version running for all the squeeky wheels who are still complaining about the change. You need to change to grow. The same old thing becomes out of date in no time on the web. I think the reason there "seems" to be so many complaints about the new SI is that the complainers are the only ones making themselves heard - a.k.a. squeeky wheels. It Would be interesting to see the posts from people who LOVE the new SI. Might be time for a new thread - Posters who love the new SI. Susan PS: Pareto - awesome post!