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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (15909)	1/8/1998 2:19:00 PM
From: Dermot Burke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Gee, Should I sell now or hold NSCP thru these trying times? Don't cry for me Argentina, I was ditching thru out '97 anyway.Lesson learned the hard way about tech stocks/silicon valley snake oil.I will feel better about the losses when Justice is served, though. Did you all know "microsoft has deep respect for innovation, its customers,its competitors,capitalism and the US Government" Balmer maintained.(see below) I scooped my man Dan on this nugget from today's Wash.Post.The charm is evident, the sincerity makes me regret all the stuff I have utterd in despair. I just wanna hug him washingtonpost.com

To: nommedeguerre who wrote (15909)	1/8/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

[I believe the key word is "better" not "build". In reality, it is more like "Market a mouse-trap better than you can build one and the world will beat a path to your windows."] Yes, "better"s important also. The discussion was whether MSFT deserves credit for innovation for delivering a product that wins reviews over it's competitors. Keith said no, because "better" != "new". Apparently you're arguing that "better" is not innovative but is key. I can go along with that. Regarding "market a mouse-trap", if that's true then it's the customer who's screwed up and I don't believe that. People are very good at sniffing out what is and is not valuable to them. To me, marketing is not a dirty word. Marketing just presents product in such a way that customers see value. If NSCP feels they're being hurt on marketing, they should improve their own, not whine about MSFTs. Regards