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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jach who wrote (22200)	2/8/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77397

>><GM easily outsells Microsoft.> Two entirely different types of business, very naive comparison as opposed to IBM and CSCO. Where've you been zonking (the Zonked Zoltan!, nice rhythm to it ~~ ) the last few years regarding IBM. Just take a look at their chart for the last two years. Just like your ridiculous comparison of Cisco with tired old IBM. That was the point I was trying to make penetrate your impenetrable dome. IBM's business is either not growing or is growing very slowly - virtually all their gains have come from shrinking as a company - cutting costs and moving revenue forward as they shifted from more lucrative mainframe leasing to sales. Sure their chart looks good for the last couple of years - because they were so horrible for so long before that. The important thing to remember is that they have gone about as far as they can go with those efforts and really have become a shadow of what they once were and no longer cast a long shadow. Gee, you are more obtuse than anyone could have imagined!