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To: FR1 who wrote (6811)	12/13/1997 9:31:00 AM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

May They Expire Worthless, Wimp. In for the long-term but nervous/worried/scared short-term about MacWorld; Jobs scaring away potential CEOs; quarterly earnings, etc? Consider AAPL $12 1/2 January puts (AAQMV) currently trading at about 5/8. While it would've been nice to acquire these instruments when AAPL was 18+, they can be used to exploit the current negative sentiment and reduce the costs of a long term position. (At worst, they will afford the holder some sleepful nights.) soup What, me worry?

To: FR1 who wrote (6811)	12/13/1997 9:53:00 AM
From: soup	Respond to of 213173

The Mac OS makes market share inroads in 1997. via MacCentral >Despite Apple's troubles, there are signs that the Mac OS is alive and thriving. Take the "USA Snapshots" ("a look at statistics that shape your finances") in the Dec. 10 USA Today. It shows that the third-quarter sales of Mac OS 8 increased (yes, increased) Apple's U.S. Market share for operating systems sharply from the same period last year. Third quarter share of systems sold, according to NPD SofTrends, were: Windows 95 - 63%, down from 77% in 1996. Mac OS - 33%, up from 5% in 1996. DOS - 2%, down from 10% in 1996. Windows (Microsoft systems before Windows 95, we assume) - 2%, the same as 1996. OS/2 - under 1%, down from 2% in 1996. And, yes, the totals don't quite equal 100% because of rounding. Mac OS Rumors mentioned these figures and ran an explanation we'd like to share with our readers: "Often, when journalists talk about 'market share,' they mistake 'sales share' with 'installed user base share,' making their varying reports of Apple's situation confusing and misleading. While 'sales share' of new Mac systems is currently just under 9% of the market, Apple still retains well over 20% of the Installed User Base (IUB) of all personal computers. For once, however, statistics presented about Apple's market share, specifically in how large a percentage of OS sales the Mac OS accounted for this year, USA Today appears to have presented them in an accurate and fair manner (although still with a couple of possible inaccuracies, including a lack of statistics for Windows NT)." <