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To: Kashish King who wrote (4182)	1/1/1998 6:12:00 PM
From: Mr. Bean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

Sir Rod wrote: "Now, you can continue to maximize your profit selling into the ever-dwindling WP upgrade and micro-not markets, or try to establish yourself as a relevant player." Sounds "Black or white to me". Rod have you given thought that each path taken in your "fork in the road philosophy" could carry you to extintion? There are sensible gray areas (many choices of roads and paths to follow). Most markets have a niche. Most niches can make a company money. Corel needs to establish the market niche and not attempt to waste money capturing market share that money available could not buy. The "ever-dwindling WP upgrade" is not disputed. This was a result of past factors not future factors. 1)Microsoft Monopoly 2)Novel's short years of WP erosion 3)Corels ineffective promoting Promoted properly in an efficient and cost sensitive manner (Sylvester style), The most money can be made while retaining market share for future upgrades and returning profit to us shareholders today. Are you a shareholder Rod? Do you like Mike? If not, Why? Mr. Bean

To: Kashish King who wrote (4182)	1/1/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Mr. Bean	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9798

Sir Rod: 90 percent of what you post cannot be disputed. You are mostly correct with 3 percent 19 times out of 20. However, you say "which of these goes away when you aren't selling any product. Please explain 4th Qtr Sales out of over 100 million as not selling any product? This I remind you all after Corel was paralled to "Gandalf". Gandalf = No sales = No Cash = Lots O' Debt = Textbook case of mismanagement Corel = Healthy sales = 30 million in cash = Buying back shares = Little Debt to Sales = Textbook case of Great inventor but Bad CEO Dictator. Corel is alive and well towards recovery. Recovery started 4 months ago. The Bean Counters Lied and the Liars Counted Beans Mr. Bean

To: Kashish King who wrote (4182)	1/1/1998 10:57:00 PM
From: Leo Mitkievicz	Respond to of 9798

Sir Rodney of the Single Note: IBM is having to sell SmartTweet for ~$25 less than WP. Its pretty good product too. Suite8 has been able to maintain #2 market share by a wide margin. Lowest I've seen for WP8 Upgrade was $120 - $ 20 rebate 2 months back. Currently $140 - $15 rebate. SmartSuite is street $99.99 MS has been forced? (anyway it has done it) to drop prices to maintain its share for the kludgy unwieldy Office Suite. Why do you criticize Corel so much? It is the one that "built the better mousetrap". Could it be that you have a vested interest in MSFT? WP8 can hold its own against either competitor and has a nice edge with its HTML capabilities. The next upgrade will offer 100% compatibility with the MSFT product as a user option. I happen to think this is a trivial pursuit, but one that should help move some product. My post to Mark and Gnarly did indeed restate some of the obvious as a gentle reminder that they were ignoring it or needed to explain their thinking a little better. I am sure that they did not mind my chuckles at what I consider folly. As to your question, none of them (1,2,3)will go away. As you were so kind in your wisdom to share: They are the OBVIOUS. The only alternative to paying the bills is corporate suicide. ..er Chapter ??. How would you in all of your amply acknowledged wisdom have Corel establish itself as a relevant player and in what market(s)? Please do not be vague. And could you puleeeze stop the running-on about OLAP? I think we got the message the first six times. You are preaching to the choir on OLAP.<ggg> And Rod, maybe it would help all of us here to understand a little better, ya know, if you were just to post a quick li'l ole summary of your current stock positions. Just to clarify things a little for us all. So many posts on so many threads. Leo