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To: 10K a day who wrote (77220)	5/19/2001 2:11:24 PM
From: eichler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

11,300 sheckels for a computer! Nice work if you can get it! The guv has always been a great customer to have...after all they like to pay 10,000 for toilet seats and 1,000 for hammers...LOL Some things never change! Actually, on second thought....11,300 is just chicken feed... ha, ha, ha....we taxpayers are loaded! Didn't ya know??? LOL

To: 10K a day who wrote (77220)	5/19/2001 7:41:13 PM
From: Yiota	Respond to of 99985

This news article today could be good news for telecommunication and optical fiber cable stocks come next week........... Saturday May 19, 10:06 am Eastern Time Bush tech adviser says focus on the big picture By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (Reuters) - The Bush administration's new point man in Silicon Valley says the president is not a nerd but he does have a few ideas about technology. Venture capitalist Floyd Kvamme, the recently appointed co-chairman of the White House science and technology council, says President George W. Bush wants to use technology to make energy generation more efficient. Bush is also interested in broadband, which provides high-speed Internet access, multiple cable television and telephone lines on a single cable. ``He has mentioned broadband on a number of occasions and he's mentioned energy from a generation perspective,'' Kvamme, a prominent Silicon Valley Republican, said in a recent interview with Reuters. But Bush's real hot-button issue was making sure the technology industry kept humming along, Kvamme said. Kvamme said the new administration was focused mostly on reforms that would keep tech-driven productivity gains rolling along: lower taxes, credits for research, and limited regulation. ``The president believes very, very firmly that there is a need to create the kind of environment in which our kind of enterprise can blossom,'' he said. Naming Kvamme to the council in late March, Bush hit on qualities Silicon Valley extols and stressed Kvamme's connections. ``He's an entrepreneur, he's a risk-taker,'' Bush said. ``But more importantly, he knows the players, the people who can bring good, sound advice to this administration.'' Kvamme, a partner with Menlo Park, California-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said he would work at his unpaid council post from Silicon Valley, traveling monthly to brief White House officials on technology issues. He will also represent the White House in Silicon Valley, his home for three decades. Kvamme, 63, started in the 1960s as an engineer with Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (NYSE:FCS - news) and later moved to National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM - news), where he was one of five principals who turned it into a billion dollar company. In the early 1980s, Kvamme led sales and marketing at Apple Computer Inc. (NasdaqNM:AAPL - news). From Apple, Kvamme moved to Kleiner Perkins in 1984, the same year Apple launched the Macintosh. Kvamme also led an effort to bring tech executives together to prod Bush to run for president. He also stumped for Bush, sat in on his strategy sessions and gave almost $250,000 to Republican candidates and causes during the 2000 election. Democrats in Silicon Valley -- there are many -- are keeping on eye on Kvamme but say the White House will benefit from him. ``He's extremely well-respected,'' said Steve Westly, a former eBay Inc. (NasdaqNM:EBAY - news) executive turned Democratic candidate for California controller. ``Relative to many other people in the administration, Floyd will be viewed as a voice of reason.'' KEEP THE ECONOMY HUMMING The tech industry won political clout because of what it is credited with creating: productivity gains, seen by many as the reason that the U.S. economy has enjoyed strong growth with little inflation. Many of the issues dear to Kvamme are standard fare in Silicon Valley. He wants an improved education system, backs a permanent research-and-development tax credit and advocates raising the number of H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers. But Kvamme also is a partisan Republican, and presses the party line on limited regulation, trade and lawsuits. ``We didn't see a lot of government involvement when the personal computer industry started. We didn't see a lot of government involvement when the software industry started,'' Kvamme said. ``The (technology industry's) environment needs a free-trade agenda,'' Kvamme added. ``The environment needs a rational tort system so people aren't being sued every half hour.'' biz.yahoo.com