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To: Father E. who wrote (9788)	8/3/1998 6:43:00 PM
From: SG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11098

Father Eeek, You may not have looked at the whole list. Is Albania as alphabetically challenged as you are?<ggg> All, I have plagiarized the following from Raliegh Baughman. It seems to apply here. "There are unlimited considerations in assessing what you own. Some are tangible, some are seemingly unimportant and trivial tid-bits information, but as a compendium may validate or cause concern in the overall assessment. For example, one factor that I tend to weigh heavily in my assessment of emerging companies is based on what seems to be a common thread that most successful companies shared during their early growth. That intangible factor is that they were not static. They did not allow failures or successes to hinder their ability to constantly press forward. Almost always they tended to invest heavily in R&D, marketing, and expanding the scope of distribution. They do not rest on their laurels, nor were they daunted by their failures. The same applies to turnaround companies. Look at Unisys for example. For years they made every bad move under the sun, yet they constantly regrouped, reorganized, restructured, and reinvented themselves till they got it right. On the other hand look at Quarterdeck, or Novell, both allowed themselves to rest on their laurels, not adapting to the market trend and competitive forces. Subsequently they were quickly abandoned in the wake of progress. But even today Quarterdeck and Novell may be worth watching in the foreseeable future, as they are displaying those survivor traits that I refer to above, both are refocused on emerging technologies. As a speculative investor it is up to you to assess their chances of surviving, investing while they are cheap, not after the fact. The big money is usually made when things look bleak on the surface, but you have taken the time to truly evaluate the underlying picture. " Could we please stay on track here and keep away from the vial personal attacks such as from Ivanooze. The power rangers will get him, and you too. <ggg> Good luck to each and all SG