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To: William T. Katz who wrote (6535)	12/11/1997 11:16:00 AM
From: Bald Man from Mars	Respond to of 9124

<<Oh well, looks like after taking major losses to radically bring down my yearly gains, I'm going to have to become a long-term investor now.>> My girlfriend, a 25-year old blonde chick is not going to get anything for Christmas after all. I have an idea, I will give her the stock certificate of my Oracle and Quantum holdings and she can use it as wallpaper.

To: William T. Katz who wrote (6535)	12/11/1997 11:26:00 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9124

I think I read it from one post either on this thread or on Yahoo. I personally haven't heard cc because I was on my way back home. I hope whoever said it is wrong. But I agree with you that "I think they couldn't have picked a worse time to warn and we shareholders are paying the price". I think they should have said something much earlier when the stock price was still around $30, even if not so detail. And I am quite sure that they knew much earlier that they are going to miss the earning estimates. Why they have to hold until now? I don't know how about you, as far as I am concerned, QNTM management has no credit for me any more. If I can get out alive this time, I swear that I will never touch this stock again, not in the rest of my life.

To: William T. Katz who wrote (6535)	12/11/1997 11:42:00 AM
From: John A. Shaffer	Respond to of 9124

I learned along time ago that you cannot time the market anymore. All you can do is buy good companies such as Quantum and hold for the long- term. Their are too many forces working in the market to hope for a short- term gain. I do not see anything fundamentally wrong with Quantum. Quantum will recover and reach new highs sometime in the future. It may be a year or two or more but it will recover. Anyone that needs their money before the end of five years should not be in the high-tech sector. This sector is inherently volatile. However, over time the sector will return 20% gains. Hang in their.