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To: David M. Lomow who wrote (13899)	5/21/1998 1:03:00 AM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Reply to Forbes. Editors; >Apple Computer is dying and Jobs' return, like a crucial, but toxic, dose of chemotherapy, has only delayed the inevitable.< Inflammatory comments like that coupled with a willful disregard of factors credited with AAPL's stock rise this year is outrageous. Conspicuously absent is a substantive analysis of AAPL's current and announced product line hardware (desk/laptops); software (OSX/Rhapsody/QuickTime); balance sheet (1.8 billion in cash) and the aggressive marketing campaign. >With a rambunctious 233MHz PowerPC microprocessor and a standard 32 megabytes of memory, the iMac compares well technically with any of the current crop of sub-$1,000 PCs on the market.< No, it creams top of the line Pentium 400mhz machines. >Considering the lack of Apple software on the market, looking at it is all you are likely to do with your iMac.< There are 9000 Mac software titles out there (vs. 25,000 for Windows/DOS). How many titles does the average low-end user need? How many thousands of software title does the author use to justify that statement? If iMac is such a loser why did CompUSA announce 70,000 orders for a computer that wont ship till August? Also why do AAPL CPUs now account for 15% of their revenues? How much market share has SUNW or SGI? What percentage of the car market has Mercedes? Yet Daimler is buying Chrysler. I also find it hard to believe, given the author's assertions, that he continues (if he ever has) to own AAPL stock?! For heaven's sake why? This article is poorly researched, biased shlock and does more to damage Forbes credibility than AAPL's. -------------------------------------------------- Man, this stuff pisses me off. I'm starting to wonder if this isn't fallout of sorts from the DOJ's spate with MSFT (and possibly INTC.) I'm read a pretty blathering critque of DOJ in a Calgary paper. It compared Gates/MSFT to Rockefeller/Styandard Oil. Except it praised Rockefeller for lowering the price of oil of Americans. soup

To: David M. Lomow who wrote (13899)	5/21/1998 2:11:00 AM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213177

Well, well , well. Here's my e-mail to the author of that sludge. __________________ Re: Apple Offers Sizzle So you decided to go short on Apple. Already made your mind up, too. Well, don't think that some cockeyed swaggering verbal swing at Apple will help to line your pockets. What do you take the public for, anyway? Opinion junkies? Do you see us as pitiful wretches eager to swallow your next slanted misinformed drunken mismatch of the facts? You've disgraced the Forbes name and the profession of journalism all in one self serving ploy to pander to what you think Windows users want to hear. And why? Because there are more readers using a Windows OS than a Mac OS. Your distortions are so flagrant, there should be a plaque in your honor for the most embarassing attempt at inflamitory Company bashing! HerbVic

To: David M. Lomow who wrote (13899)	5/21/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

David- Forbes article is GREAT news! David, I read stuff in Forbes and Barrons and use them as CONTRARIAN INDICATORS. It works about 90% of the time. In more technical terms, these guys don't know jack shit. When Barrons jumps on board, or DLJ issues a Strong Buy, time is very limited, a peak is practically reached. When Forbes is naysaying, they mark the bottom. I have made good money on this. We may dip for a few days, but these will be gutless, uninformed shorts- and they will panic when they see the earnings continue to grow, and market share inch up. Can I get a witness? How much imagination does it take to say "oh, Microsnarf rules the world." Well, suffering santa on a crutch, don't these guys read the paper? You want to own Microsoft and Intel NOW? I would love to see gateway resurrect Amiga- it is just proof that WINTEL is irrelevant on the web, besides- applications would run fast in a Rhapsody box, eh? Great news. They spelled our name right. Welcome, amateur shorties! Pile on, Amigos! The result is practically Guaranteed! Richard