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To: ayahuasca who wrote (21014)	4/18/2000 2:18:00 PM
From: KailuaBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

do you have a link to the article? This is the major downfall of ATHM's stock IMO. The major downfall of the stock is due to a lack of PR? Nope. It's more than that.

To: ayahuasca who wrote (21014)	4/18/2000 2:37:00 PM
From: Solid	Respond to of 29970

KB is saying, "Much of sanity may be madnes but the maddest of all is to see things as they are and not as they could be." From Cervantes Man Of LaMancha Words may be very old, but wisdom is timeless. Not an article but a post from a creative soul on The Motley Fool ATHM thread, but the link is below. I had posted there about what KB, Ah and some others here have addressed...management and the overall poor job they have done at articulating this companies position and opportunities. I mentioned PR as one failing grade. The post you read about the 'coke' analogy caught part of that breeze. Here is my post; a reply regarding TJ and his tour at Silicon Graphics where the stock was decimated and the link to the post you asked about. Post 4/17: I have read so many posts lauding kudos upon TJ and Bell. Personally, I would like to see them hit the road. They have not grabbed the BB ball and run with it like a hall of famer. Their BB launch should have ignited the stock but instead has done what for value? Is it a great BB product or just o.k? How have they capitalized upon the sweet spot lead they have had? Do they hype it? Advertise it? Counter AOL ads? Leverage it to the max with partners and then advertise this and drive home their PR? What PR? How much confidence do you really feel as shareholders with these smilely faces at the helm? Will TJ be on his billionaire buddies yacht again for this CC, or pulling money from his athm options to get his teen girl web site running. I am very disappointed in these guys. Intelligent? Sure. Market savvy? I have not seen it at all. And please do not rehash all the deals they have. I am aware. What have they done about perception? Where is their dynamic leadership? I have seen little here in the negative about these guys and look at the stock performance vs. the place they occupy. They are not inet, drkoop.com. They are lumped in this group though, and what do they do about it? They are mega structure BB of the future. Why are they not screaming this from every roof top? Getting tired and poor, with company I am sure...preset End Reply: I have read so many posts lauding kudos upon TJ and Bell. Personally, I would like to see them hit the road. They have not grabbed the BB ball and run with it like a hall of famer. Remember, TJ is the same bozo that (in my opinion) killed SGI. SGI was humming along just fine under the leadership of Ed McCracken. Ed got political stardust in his eyes, and he went off to DC to serve on some big-deal presidental panel for a couple of years; he left TJ minding the store while he was gone. Big mistake. By the time Ed returned his attention to SGI, TJ had mismanaged the company into a death spiral. TJ bailed and went to @Home, leaving Ed holding the bag. Ed wasn't able to turn things around, and got the ax not long afterwards. SGI continues the downward sprial that started on TJ's watch. Looks like the same thing is happening at @Home. boards.fool.com