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To: Alan Hume who wrote (5780)	11/28/1997 5:46:00 AM
From: Alan Hume	Respond to of 9124

To all on this thread A restful thanks giving to you all!! If anyone has any jingle jangle left, take a look at Broderbund (BROD) You may recall they had superb game "Myst" on the market 2 years ago. Well they are recieving rave reviews for its follow on "Riven" Sales are rocketing. I could imagine a nice ride in the coming weeks Enjoy Alan

To: Alan Hume who wrote (5780)	11/28/1997 11:01:00 AM
From: Rational	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9124

Alan: but having less employees per dollar than ones competitors is hardly surprising when one does not have an own production facility for the core business. The main point is efficiency. Why should a company be stupid to own a vertically integrated business if that is inefficient? Most companies are getting smarter these days by instituting plans to outsource so that the component divisions compete with outside suppliers in price and quality. In a vertically integrated company, the component divisions are not efficient as they have little incentive to produce components at the lowest price and highest quality. QNTM is quite smart, efficient, and futuristic due to their ability to negotiate for quality components at the least cost. QNTM has withstood the wind of losses due to this efficiency. Someone here said I was comparing apples with oranges. Sure, QNTM's efficiency makes it an apple and the rest oranges, IMO. Sankar Sankar