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Technology Stocks : GTIS - Will it be a Phoenix or not ? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Verdu who wrote (1524)	2/23/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: John	Respond to of 2319

Volume is drying up on GTIS, the rally is over, watch the stock start to backslide soon. JV.

To: Michael Verdu who wrote (1524)	2/23/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: Bonzo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2319

>>As an investor in the interactive software industry and as a partner in a development shop working on a couple of Unreal-based action/strategy games,.. << Michael, just curious. Seems you are also in a position to provide informative posts to this board regarding the industry (where were you before?). Was your membership comped' by SI? Certainly no video game/ studio executive should expect shareholders and customers to provide their membership fees so that they may participate in posting messages in a public forum, regardless of how informative they may be. Buying the stock and the games is as far as I go.

To: Michael Verdu who wrote (1524)	2/23/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: V.	Respond to of 2319

Michael, <<Even if people disagree with your position on membership fees, they should still take advantage of the industry experience you can bring to the table in answering questions about GTIS.>> That is very true, however, no one will be able to take advantage of Scott's industry experience unless he pays the fee and becomes a member of SI as his trial period will expire shortly. The issue is not the money, it is a nominal fee. The issue is Scott's attitude and therefore, whatever he could contribute is clouded by his insults to the SI and his belief that he is in an elitist position and should be above the fees that everyone else pays to join SI whether they are executives or peons. If he truly were here to help out, he would just pay the fee, and continue to give his input rather than goad people by saying things like, "9 more days..." or whatever in his sign-offs which is very immature. Though several people have posted similar comments to mine on the board, there have been many more sent to me in private messages and in emails. Unfortunately for GTIS, most of these folks have or are planning to sell their shares of GTIS for a variety of reasons, Scott's attitude being one of them. I am expressing my own opinions, but my opinions are also held by many others. FWIW. Your points are well taken; furthermore, you say that you have gleaned some information from these boards which you have found to be useful since you are in the industry and want to be on-top-of this entire sector naturally. This is great, and is what I am trying to explain to Scott - that he contributes to us, but we also contribute to him. It is a two-way street. Give and take on both sides. I don't see that this is such a difficult nor unreasonable concept, and I repeat that one gets more with sugar than with vinegar. There is simply no place for arrogance if the purpose of his presence is to be of assistance to the GTIS shareholders. BTW, the membership & arrogance issues were a large part of recent discussions as you stated, but there were also several questions asked of Scott which he has addressed that were entirely unrelated to the topic that I am now addressing. I hope that you will be posting more on this board in the future as well, since your experience and insight would be a boon to this thread. The more information, the more opinions, the better. I am only trying to explain to Scott that he has offended the very shareholders that he is trying to help. I have been specific in telling him how that has occurred. Instead of appreciating that input, he is defensive and attacks the Dryers. This is simply a shame, IMO. Good luck to you in your endeavors, Victoria Karas

To: Michael Verdu who wrote (1524)	2/23/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: RJC2006	Respond to of 2319

Michael, First of all Mr. Miller has: 1. Not provided a shred of hard line analysis concerning GT. 2. Has swung for a free membership. 3. Spent a great deal of time tooting his own horn. 4. As an integral member of a large software firm, he has decided that as a result of 1,2 and 3 above the Dryers should give him a free membership. 5. Expected us to actually believe half of what he has written here. 6. Expected us to actually believe he is Scott Miller of Apogee Software. Michael, I would hope that the Scott Miller would show at least half the class that this guy has shown.