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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (38202)	2/5/1999 2:28:00 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>These aren't the early computer years, and I don't remember Atari or Commodore ever >being dominant except with game-players and hobbiests. William, you're showing your lack of computer experience. As anyone who has been programming for years can tell you, in the early years the Atari and Commodore and Apple were not only dominant, they were the ONLY computers in existence that individuals could afford. Texas Instruments and Radio Shack also had home computers, but they were generally regarded as toys. Only one of those companies I mentioned are still in the home computer market at all. Do you even know when the IBM-PC was released? But then again, from the numerous print articles I've read about you, you seem very new to the game and I doubt you had your nose in a programming manual back in the early 80s, so I can forgive your complete lack of rational judgement in this instance. After all, you invested in Yahoo! and it made you a ton of money. In your "buy the dip" and "do what mary meeker says in her memo" world, first to market always wins.