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To: paul who wrote (5142)	1/23/1998 2:47:00 AM
From: danderso	Respond to of 19079

Paul, We seem to have different ideas of how to assess public activities and what obligations we have when we criticize others. Here's one man's view: Your first post's claims are disputed by facts on the record. You extrapolated in very strong language from these claims to a supposed incompetence of company management and the impact of this "incompetence." When your errors were pointed out, you labeled me "touchy" and expressed your opinion "there's no doubt." It's your right to express opinions, but to me this is name calling followed by restating your claim louder. For what it's worth, the STRENGTH of your beliefs won't change me, but showing me where I'm wrong will. An alternate response might be "hmmm, I didn't know this is the network computer they've demoed for two years - I'll have to check this claim. If this is true, maybe I misunderstood and then over generalized." If you were to search the public record you would find continuous discussion of this box, RCA involvement, and Oracle's strategy of licensing to consumer electronics manufacturers rather than to become a manufacturer. Based on what I saw and heard at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple weekends ago, I expect to see these machines sold in consumer electronics stores in the near future. You may or may not like them - to each his own. Granted, this response is harder to execute than simply disparaging executives at a well-known company whose stock price just fell one third. In concert with some other personal attacks I've seen on this board, I conclude that falling stock prices don't bring out the best in people. Pray for us all if the DOW drops below 6000 ;-) By the way, I still hold that there are plenty of legitimate arguments to have about network computers, NCI's products, Oracle management, and certainly the Economic Big Picture's impact on all of the above. Dave