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To: Joe Hoek who wrote (5472)	2/9/1998 12:12:00 PM
From: danderso	Respond to of 19079

joe, there is no evidence the sales force was distracted. as usual for Sales anywhere, they focus on where the rewards are and I can't believe they had nc sales quota assigned to them. I know I sound like a broken record on this thread, but I still think many of the critiques that appear here are easy claims to toss off that should be tested via more concrete questions (like whether the Sales force was selling NCs, which would be the only substantial way they could be distracted and would contrast with the sales models oracle has described). So what are the consequences of my argument against these critiques: I think the company is not so far off track that it has to make a huge change in direction "back to the mainstream", that the existence of tv commercials for nc's as a concept is not evidence the company has lost its mind, and that the stock increase is sensible. Too bad I feared Asian flu so much I missed most of the runup! Dave