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To: Steve Wood who wrote (7952)	12/9/1997 4:32:00 PM
From: David Miller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

the asian effect on Australia.... A curious turn of phrase. Does anybody know what he meant by this? I would imagine that an "Asian effect on Asia" would have rather more impact on revenues...? david

To: Steve Wood who wrote (7952)	12/9/1997 4:42:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Steve, Thnaks for the input. re: apple, Steve Jobs won't leave for a long long time. He wants attention like a 4yr old who discovered burping in public surely gives him what he wants - ATTENTION. Of course, Yocam has to play hard to get , and keep his options open. I don't see anything wrong with that. Nobody is invincible except Sonic in video games. 8^) regards, BPP

To: Steve Wood who wrote (7952)	12/9/1997 5:39:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Steve and all, This is from wsj: Borland CEO Yocam Is Optimistic About Company's Future Prospects Dow Jones Newswires NEW YORK -- Borland International Inc. chief executive Delbert Yocam Tuesday declared "Borland is back." "We now have returned to stability, profitability and revenue growth," he said in an appearance on CNBC from the Tech '97 conference at the Jacob K. Javits Center here. Yocam, a turnaround expert who was named chief executive of the software company a year ago, noted that client/server and enterprise projects accounted for 47% of 1997 revenue, up sharply from only 8% two years ago. In October, Borland surprised analysts by posting a slight profit, a big step in turning itself around. Once the provider of general-purpose application programs, Borland was forced by declining sales to focus on selling software-programming products aimed at industry professionals. Borland had been struggling to find a success formula for several years, after retreating from a broad effort to compete with Microsoft Corp. and others with mainstream programs such as spreadsheets. When asked, Yocam said he wasn't interested in returning to Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), which he left in 1989 after 10 years. "The '80s were very exciting for me at Apple, and it was certainly an era of hardware," he said. "The '90s for me is Borland (BORL) and software. I'm interested in what I'm doing at Borland." regards, BPP