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To: Keith Howells who wrote (11825)	4/19/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: Randy Tidd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

> Secondly, I am confused as to why in God's name Apple will not > allow the press into the shareholders meeting. If the meeting is before WWDC, perhaps they are worried that some big announcements planned for WWDC will leak at the shareholder's meeting. It is strange though, the announcement said that all members of the press that are not shareholders are barred from the meeting. So all someone has to do is buy one share of AAPL on the open market and then they can attend? :-) Randy

To: Keith Howells who wrote (11825)	4/19/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: Lee Harper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Of Bill Campbell, private shareholder's meetings and the press Proposal #6 on the shareholder's ballot states: To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting... Personally, and under this general heading, I'm looking for a situation involving a short speech by Steve Jobs on being a team player, Bill Campbell, and a Louisville Slugger. In which case I wouldn't want the press at the meeting either, as they would surely manage a negative spin on it. Scarface (BTW, does Gallagher allow the press at his shows?)

To: Keith Howells who wrote (11825)	4/19/1998 5:23:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Keith, As I see it the buyers listen to their friends and if the friend is Apple, they can be steered that way. Word of mouth is the best advertisement, however APple lacks mouths, and on a statistical basis most will have Wintel friends and will buy Wintel. Those in corporation will also adhere to the standard in place, ask their tech people and just buy more of the same. Apple strongholds tend to stay that way, but suffer some erosion based on price. Same for Wintels. When a platform is abandoned then people take a broad look and set upon a new standard. That is why Apple cannot terminate any platform now. Too many would jump ship. If a person starts afresh and simply does a software availability, hardware price etc survey thay are bound to pick Wintel 95/100 times based on avaiability, stores, share etc. If the graphoc dept say buy quark and a machine to run it= Apple. Bill