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Technology Stocks : Research Frontiers (REFR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: R. M. Rosenthal who wrote (650)	2/17/1998 8:37:00 AM
From: fmrick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50244

<<Might??? >> It depends on a few other things. I'm not Gary, I want more than just a product announcement. I want the maker of the product to come out and make the announcement. I want someone not connected to REFR to say "this is a great concept, and my company is going to make lots of money from it". I would love to see a company, which ever company, make their own announcement independent of REFR. I would love to see MSC make such a public statement, not just on phone call to REFR supporters. I have read MSC's Annual report, 10-K's, and press releases. While REFR thinks this is a great money maker, they don't mention it. And don't say they are just keeping quite about a new product. They mention several other new technologies in their Annual Report and 10ks. I would also consider what the product is and what else is out there. While REFR has been spinning its wheels, several of its target markets have had other companies take different technologies and get a large chunk of the market. One of the things I have gained from following REFR is, while checking out the competition, I've found some good investments. If you do a little investigation you will see that there are market forces that REFR will have to overcome before this product is successful. I really don't think companies are going to just drop there current technology, just because, all of a sudden, SPDs are available. That is why I disagree with those that say the price will be "$200 in 30 days" after a product release. If the product has competition it will take a while for the market to decide which is best. And even being best does not mean you will get the whole market for a given product. And Mr. Rosenthal, what are you wondering about? I keep hearing about my "recent" comments. Go back and read the first 100 posts on this board. You will see I was here then too. As with everything else on this board, nothing new. (And I was posting on AOL as far back as early 1995. Back then, however, it was all pro-management) Rick