Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Intel Corporation (INTC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: craig crawford who wrote (61401)	7/29/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Craig,>>>Coke is sugar water. (pretty simple I agree), but that's why they don't take $475 million charges for faulty Pentiums..... It's pretty hard to screw up sugar water. <<< Don't get me wrong, I own KO and have never sold any shares (although I have given some away as wedding and birthday gifts). But, do you remember New Coke? Do you know how much advertising costs are? Do you know what it costs to launch a new product? And you still have to deal with start-ups a la Snapple, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, and that stuff they prefer in India. >>>If the economy falters do you think that people are going to stop drinking Coke?<<< If they stop investing in microprocessors they may not have an economy that can falter. But in a sense they are similar, in that they sell the real stuff that is inside - only Dell, Gateway, Packard Bell, et al are to Intel, the bottling companies are to Coke. Regards, Mary