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To: Gottfried who wrote (24455)	9/20/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: Big Bucks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

GM, Re:BB, yes, this commoditization is sure to happen. Investing in these companies will then become unprofitable - like investing in Chrysler. Somehow I think there is some sarcasm, built into this statement, since the graph shows a 570% growth of Chrysler over 10 years or so. Recall that Chrysler was the smallest/weakest player on the block until they completly overhauled their marketing/design/engineering models and started offering what the consumer wanted as opposed to what management thought the consumer wanted. The caveate though is that a car is not considered a "commodity" item, but an expensive "necessity", IMO. Touche' 8^) LOL, BB