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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (213)	2/20/1999 6:18:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike said: << The gorilla's value chain comes into play to keep the company going not just during the good times but also during the times when the executive management team performs in less than stellar fashion. Kings, by definition, simply don't have that margin of error that gorillas do. >> ...and well said, it was. The company that popped to my mind as I read the above words was Oracle. Certainly a King...nearly a Gorilla, and currently a Phoenix rising from the ashes of strategic misfires. Brian

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (213)	6/11/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 54805

Mike: Following Uncle Frank's suggestion I am back in February and found your pointing out the key advantage gorillas have over kings highly succinct and useful. Kings such as Dell must execute very very very well and consistently, otherwise they can not remain as kings. Gorillas can goof from time to time and miss trends (viz Gates on internet) but can then recover (again viz Gates on internet) without hardly missing a beat. Well on the the G&K March posts. :-) Chaz too