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To: rickd1 who wrote (10986)	2/12/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 15313

The other difference is that MSFT pre-announces products to scare off potential competitors. They announce an early release date so possible competitors realize they can't get to market soon enough to win. Them MSFT is a year late with an inferior product, but they won anyhow. Nobody is scared off if FNTN announces. No strategic advantage. They need to build credibility before they can take advantage of capitalizing on their credibility.

To: rickd1 who wrote (10986)	2/12/1999 11:54:00 PM
From: Wally	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15313

I was not pitting the track record of FNTN against the track record of Microsoft. I'm stupid, but not THAT stupid. My point (and apparently I wasn't very clear about it) was that ALL of companies have problems. When a BB has a problem, anxious investors don't just get upset, they panic.. A perceived problem in a BB makes most normal investors more nervous than with a perceived problem at Microsoft. We fear that the BB will collapse while a poor-performing Blue Chip will at worst lose 50% of its value - and hopefully you'll get it back over the course of a long-term investment. My reality says that Financial Intranet is still in business and my FNTN portfolio shows a quintuple since last year. While my Microsoft stock has done well, it hasn't done THAT well. Last year, my brother lost 30% in one week in Intel against a 1-year upside potential of maybe 50%. With FNTN, I'll I lose 30% in a bad week -against a reasonable upside 1-year potential of 400%. Reality? Financial Intranet is an extremely high-risk stock. Reality? Intel & Microsoft are rich giants and have made many an investor rich. Reality? The chances of my brother becoming rich NOW from either one of those giants is a great deal more remote than the chances of FNTN making him rich. Reality? My brother will probably be down another 30% in his Intel stock by next week! You see, I'm a gambler and he's not. When I was struggling as a self-employed writer, my brother sought the safety and fat salary of a large NYSE corporation. I struggled for some time and had quite a few near-disastrous set-backs, but I went on to build a nice business for myself. My brother made a mint.. right up until the moment a leverage buy-out landed him on the street. First he sold his boat, then he sold his shore house... you get the point - or perhaps I'm still suffering from obtuseness.