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To: JDN who wrote (13284)	1/10/1999 11:37:00 AM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

In the shadows no longer, Sun's stock is shining by Adam Lashinsky Staff Writer San Jose Mercury News mercurycenter.com Why the Sunburst? ''Like Cisco, Sun has now become recognized as a core Internet infrastructure stock, and that puts it on a whole different valuation curve,'' crows a venture capitalist, a Sun worshiper who didn't have to remind his listener that he emphatically believed on Oct. 1 that Sun's stock was ready for takeoff. But can it grow from its current valuation, essentially 33 times Wall Street's earnings estimates of $2.77 per share for the year ending in June? ''I'm still bullish,'' says the Sun lover, who also is a shareholder. The excitement over Sun -- and the reason for the comparison to Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq, CSCO) -- is that its primary business is making powerful computers known as servers that handle Internet traffic, among other tasks. It's a perfect example of the ''other'' kind of Internet company, the type that actually earns profits from the explosion of Internet usage.

To: JDN who wrote (13284)	1/10/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

[ What seems to be left out is the fact that 50% of people have NOTHING. Why? In my judgment, because it is TOO DAMN COMPLICATED for the average person to understand a PC let alone utilize even 10% of its possibilities.] I agree and Scott seemed to agree today on the Money Show when he said that he wanted to make the network open to everyone who has absolutely nothing. He did not explicitly say that most people found the PC difficult to operate but I believe you could imply that from his comments when he said the network should be available to people who do not use the library, who cannot get to the library, who do not have a car, and who have NOTHING! He believes the network should improve everyone's standard of living. He said we should not be forced to buy Windows. I agree because we are forced to buy WINDOWS if we want to communicate with others. He said we do not think about the operating system in our electronic appliances so why should be have to worry about the operating system in our computers. Wouldn't it be nice if we did not have to spend so much time fine-tuning the PC's operating system?