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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (54339)	4/2/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>>So, an additional 37% of stores added a total, in units, of 20% more desktop sales? That is horrible. The 55% laptop stuff looks like 25% to the good<< mike, help me here. i don't see 25% to the good, i see a hair more than 10% to the good. 37% of the 55% came from new stores. 1.12*1.37= about 1.55. quite being so darned nice all the time...

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (54339)	4/3/1999 6:55:00 AM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I think the way it was phrased -- any buffoon could pick up on the fact it was increases in the number of stores, not real sales growth. Amazing the way they spin this stuff -- it is a one time shot, or are they going to do this for every month until the anniversary of the acquisition of those new stores? ...