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To: Matt Webster who wrote (4045)	6/16/1998 10:54:00 PM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 16960

Matt, I'll be the first to admit that I dont know squat. However, I have to object to what appears to me as inaccurate information in your posts. You said: does audio add anything to the interface? Does it? You said: Do you think Motorola has been a good long-term investment? I mention them because they make the StarTac phone Motorola has been a good long term investment. However their performance has suffered heavily in the past five years, and been systematically poor during the product life of the StarTac. Clearly the StarTac itself is not to blame for Motorola's ailing ... but the fact is StarTac did not produce returns for investors. That's my only point. You said: Is publishing too unexplosive for your attention? Yes. You said: I don't doubt there have been 200 million PC's shipped. But 20 million of those were from Commodore in the 1980's. I ask that you go back and refer to my original post. I specifically said IN THIS DECADE. You said: It's obvious that you do not believe in TDFX's fundamentals. Well, duh! You said: those of us who are gambling that something interesting is happening in 3D and TDFX, we'll go on. Gambling is a good word for it. I'm long heavily in TDFX. Is it a mistake for me to try to understand the downside in my investment? PX P.S. Believe me, my hope is that you will prove me wrong. But I require solid solid reasoning, cases, and data as proof.

To: Matt Webster who wrote (4045)	6/17/1998 11:43:00 AM
From: timbur	Respond to of 16960

Matt, I may be showing my prolonged absence from studying Eco, but here goes: >As for textbooks, do you think many people read economics textbooks? No. A lot of (college) students will buy them, but they aren't really needed to pass the class, from my experience. Usually taking good notes will suffice, at least for undergraduate studies. >They are rather a niche market, since most people have no use for game theory or other >abstract theories. Yet, when Prentice Hall or whoever prints the latest version of Kreps or >some other classic, it is a profitable enterprise. If it wasn't they wouldn't do it. Not necessarily so. Wouldn't PH publish the book at a slight loss, if they needed it to round out their textbook line? And don't textbooks have a high price elasticity? Usually all students in the class will purchase the book, even if it costs them $70 or more! (I'm not sure how the used book market affect this though.) Cheers, Tim