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To: PDG who wrote (16973)	8/20/1998 10:25:00 AM
From: phbolton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Somebody in Microsoft's Macintosh group doesn't Love The Leader; check out this nasty easter egg in Office 98 for the Macintosh: Open up MS Word, type in "I'd like to see Bill Gates dead." Select the text, and then open the Thesaurus. While the nasty synonyms include "I'll drink to that!", the developer(s) who contributed this little piece of endless amusement apparently added quite a few, which change on an apparently random basis, including everything from "Hypodermic syringe" to "I do say so," and on to far stranger things. A screen shot is available, in a black-and-white GIF... [Link compliments of NiftyWerks] macosrumors.com

To: PDG who wrote (16973)	8/20/1998 10:26:00 AM
From: Mark Palmberg	Respond to of 213182

This stock was at about $13 not too long ago, Annette (but before you got here). You'd better get your jabs in at those Mac folks in your graphics class while you still can. And of course the reason Dell is still so popular is that people who invest in it are the same types who buy Windows PCs: indiscriminating consumers with money to burn. It's a great stock, don't get me wrong, but Apple keeps proving over and over again that the most 'popular' things in life aren't necessarily the best. God, am I actually getting nostalgic for those days when our die-hard little group was kicking and clawing at each other while the stock hovered at $13? Mark

To: PDG who wrote (16973)	8/20/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Annette, You really aren't cut out for the stock market if you don't expect a stock to go both up and down. Blame yourself for not selling at 43 if you can't bear to see it at 40-1/2 the next day, but that's the way most stocks work. Given the runup, I personally don't think we've had much of a correction yet, and any correction now makes it stronger for the future moves up. What was your time frame in this? There are earnings due in October which should be very strong, and then in January which should be even stronger. So, if you can't wait, and don't want to live through price swings, why not sell now? Please consider selling. The stock may go down some more points. I've seen the commercial in prime time a few times now. But that's certainly another good reason to sell the stock. You haven't seen the commercial. If you're tauting APPLE STOCKHOLDERS for a three point price drop, you may be in for a surprise when someone informs you this stock was at 13 not long ago. I guess you won't find THOSE stockholders whining. Linda