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To: Eric Yang who wrote (9101)	3/4/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: Sowbug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

If the market tanks tomorrow due to INTC's impotence it may be a very good buying opportunity. Tomorrow won't be October 1997 again, but remember that AAPL was just about the only stock showing a gain that day! Think different!

To: Eric Yang who wrote (9101)	3/4/1998 9:52:00 PM
From: Essam Zaneldin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Hi Eric.. What makes a stock go that much down in after hour trading (i.e., AAPL from 24 7/16 to 23 1/2). Thanks. EssaM..

To: Eric Yang who wrote (9101)	3/4/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Essam Zaneldin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Very interesting: <<Hacker crashes thousands of Windows computers By Martin Wolk SEATTLE, March 4 (Reuters) - An unknown hacker caused thousands of Windows-based university and government computers to crash on the eve of Senate testimony by Microsoft Corp. <MSFT.O> Chairman Bill Gates, authorities said Wednesday. The Monday night attack affected nine of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 10 major field offices as well and major universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California at Berkeley. "Basically, what happened is it locked the system," said Mike Mewhinney, a spokesman for the space agency's Ames Research Center near Mountain View, Calif. "Obviously, it was something we were concerned about, and we stepped in to address it as soon as we learned about it." While the attack did not cause any significant loss of data, users were confronted with the so-called "blue screen of death," which appears with an error message when Windows crashes. The only solution was to restart the computer. Jeffrey Schiller, network manager at MIT, said the malicious hacker exploited a bug in the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems known "Boink," "Teardrop II" or "New Tear." At MIT, the attacker obtained a list of all computers connected to the Internet and then sent specific data packets calculated to overload the computers, causing a "denial of service." The only computers not affected were those that had installed Microsoft-supplied patches or were running other operating systems, such as Apple Computer Inc.<AAPL.O> Macintosh units. Microsoft issued a statement on the Internet saying the vulnerability was "not a new issue" and recommending customers install patches -- software fixes -- available on its Web site. While there were no clues as to the identity of the attacker, victims pointed out it came just hours before Gates' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he defended the company against charges that it improperly exploits its vast market power. MIT's Schiller, an expert in Internet security, said the incident underscores the vulnerability of networked computers to hostile attacks. "What you're dealing with here is someone who is actively trying to find a way to make your program misbehave," Schiller said. "To me the Internet is a hostile place, and we have to build our programs to deal with that." ((-- Seattle bureau 206-386-4848, marty.wolk@reuters.com)) SOURCE: REUTERS>>

To: Eric Yang who wrote (9101)	3/5/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: RX4PROFIT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Newton Protest this Friday..Just when everything was going along so fine, "As The Apple Turns" airs there is a protest scheduled at the Apple Store this Friday. <http://www.infoxczar.com/atat/default.shtml>

To: Eric Yang who wrote (9101)	3/5/1998 1:51:00 AM
From: Marc Newman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213173

Eric, your first dip into options was a success, no? Can you give us a little blow by blow for those of us without options accounts. Price paid, spread at the time, the price of AAPL at the time, how quickly your order executed? HerbVic--did you buy back in near the close on the failed attempt to hit $25? Phil--Jobs was no where to be found last Oct. when Apple missed earnings. So you might be on to something. <<The reason I can imagine is that Jobs is so confidant about Q2's results and he makes himself look like a hero to the audience in the meeting and follow-up meetings with large shareholders, such as California Teacher's Retirement Funds.>>