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To: HerbVic who wrote (20702)	11/11/1998 3:21:00 PM
From: Andrew Danielson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Calling Steve Jobs All I know is that the last time AAPL looked this weak, Jobs stepped in with his good-intentioned press-release announcing that Q4 earnings would be released during the trading day. The quiet denial of slowing sales released by AAPL, saying something like "you have your theory, we have ours", was kind of pathetic. So iMac sales are slowing. Who cares? They should be slowing. The Sept./Oct. timeframe this data is coming from falls smack between the initial buying frenzy and Christmas buying season. There should be a lull. And even if it's more severe than people expected, then the question becomes, what are you going to do about it AAPL? Roll over and die? That seems to be the public's opinion. The public will grudgingly give AAPL credit on an individual success, but they still maintain a systematic doubt of Apple's ability to respond to adversity/to solve problems/to act quickly. This is your chance, Apple. $29.99 deal is a decent start. But we need more. We need aggressiveness. I want to see Jeff Goldblum singing the praises of this $29.99. I want that number plastered next to iMac slogans on billboards. I want the deal to explicitly include the ability to upgrade down the road. Sales are fizzling, and the ball's in your court, Apple. Run with it. Andrew