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To: Tom M who wrote (70091)	5/23/2001 10:52:41 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116762

Linux will have its way with MS. I talk to networking pros all the time who run real businesses and they laugh when you say NT. They don't want trouble. Granted Linux seems hard to setup some software on at first but you can do it and tweak and modify it. It isn't about cost, it's about fixing and running the flivver. NT is a huge brutal beast when it comes to maintenance. A gotcha land shark with hidden rows of razor teeth that cut the wallet to shreds. NT Doctors wear shiny suits, have large green eyes, cut out vital organs, and leave you with a bllnking blue screen and a bill with zeroes on it that fill up the page. NT sweatshirts should read " NT Slave - Born To Crash, Money to Burn" So if MS is that much trouble and breaks software and obsoletes it as fast as it breaks it, the public has to wake up sometime. Granted, Linux business models do not impress yet, but things are changing and there is a sub market to business that is going to be completely Linux dominated, and has already made CE an also ran. Embedded Appliances. Companies are doing land office business in that area. The opportunities in business in Linux are multi billiion dollar. It alone can compete by using standards that will eventually knock out MS. Are you writing these posts in Word? So.....? It is evident that one cannot have a MS record for a turntable or a MS comm protocol for a radio or a phone. Proprietary lockups are doomed like the dinosaur. Beta or VHS? But someone has to sit down and write the solution. X is a mess. Trouble to port, high bandwidth and colour map hell. But if a company had the best GUI AND the best underlying server - multitasker that had 20 years of testing behind it.. what would they have? So is it that hard to figure out to put some energy into it? sheesh! EC<:-} mailto:echarters@primus.ca "Solutions to the World's Problems in Several Thousand Nutshells."

To: Tom M who wrote (70091)	5/24/2001 5:49:52 AM
From: Alex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116762

Is Gold Ready To Glitter For Investors? PAUL KANGAS: Gold prices continued to retreat today, slipping $1.50 in New York to $284 dollars an ounce. Earlier in the week, the precious metal surged to almost $300. But as Suzanne Pratt reports, analysts say the yellow metal probably won't make your portfolio shine. SUZANNE PRATT, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: It's been a long time since gold has had much luster for investors. Sure, earlier in the week in New York gold prices ran to 15 month highs of nearly $300 an ounce. But experts say the recent rally is pretty much a fake out, based mostly on technical and structural factors. And they warn investors are not buying the precious metal, as they once did, as a hedge against inflation. BILL O'NEILL, ANALYST, MERRILL LYNCH: It's a different animal. It's not used as a hedge vehicle as much anymore. There are many other ways to more directly hedge off your risk. So, I really think it's a different commodity. It's more of a supply/demand commodity now than it is a monetary commodity. PRATT: Nevertheless, experts say gold prices will probably hover in a higher trading range in the coming months due to increasingly favorable supply/demand conditions. But they say don't expect much more than $300 an ounce. If that's the case, should investors steer clear of gold stocks? Most experts say the answer is probably yes, at least for now, or until gold prices stage a sustainable rally. Many say the shares have gotten ahead of themselves. The Standard and Poor's Index of Gold Mining Stocks has shimmered, gaining 22 percent this year alone compared to a small loss for the broader market. JOHN BRIDGES, PRECIOUS METALS ANALYST, J.P. MORGAN: The run up that we've seen over the last of couple of weeks has really been too strong. It's probably been a little bit too much too quickly. But we're very positive on the sector taking a medium term view. PRATT: Experts say it's hard to know when to take any run up in gold prices seriously. That's because in last few years, there have been several speculative rallies and none has shown any legs. Suzanne Pratt, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, New York. nightlybusiness.org