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To: MoonBrother who wrote (5739)	3/1/1998 9:27:00 PM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

RE: Desperate Measures. >> "Improved manufacturing dramatically"? << The burden of proof is on the person making the claim. There has been no evidence of improved manufacturing, and the term itself is very vague. What do they mean? Improved quality? Increased manufacturing capacity? I think both of those are clearly wrong. >> You know that by early Feb. SyQuest has already shipped more than 80,000 units. Now another month later they only shipped another 20,000? << Actually, that was announced on 2/11, the middle of February, just a 18 days ago. And no, I don't think they've shipped 20,000 since then. 40,000 in the first 6 weeks. Another 40,000 in the next 6 weeks (1/1 - 2/11 is 42 days). Maybe 17,500 in the last 18 days. >> you are using two obscured information to support your opinion << But one's in print and the other is on the Internet. Doesn't that mean they're true? <G> >> [SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS] << Sorry, I skip right over stuff in all caps. If you ever want to broadcast something to the world and have me not know about it, just put it in caps. I've never seen anything in all caps that was worth reading. Please post again in mixed case if you want me to read it. ;) - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: MoonBrother who wrote (5739)	3/1/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Respond to of 7685

Yep, they printed it - must be. Ummm, MoonBro, were you aware that when opening a checking account you can start your checks at, say, number 1000, so as to save yourself the embarassment of issuing check number 1, and having it refused? You see, some merchants, fearing potential credit risk, don't take low numbered checks. Now how would you like to get a SparQ numbered 000001? I thought so. Me too. I doubt there is one in the range of 1-10,000, and maybe higher. And what's to prevent them from skipping 10,000 every now and then? But, supposing they have produced 126,000. Who's to say that 20,000 never passed QC? From reports of the reliability of the ones that made it out the door, a 15% internal reject rate wouldn't surpise me.