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

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (58358)	5/2/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

MB - (Radio Shack has a Compaq box only for $599, with a no-name mpc 350. I don't think the Shacksters understand how tough this computer game really is. O.K., Computer Universe, Computer City and McCafee computer subs of Tandy went out of business, so I guess that last comment is a real "Duh!" <g> ) If you look at Tandy's stock price chart, you'll see that the best way to succeed in the computer business is to have lots of varieties of it to exit from. -g- In actuality, Radio Shack's ( and now Tandy's ) profits come from freezing displaced electrons in little metal prison cans, and allowing electronitarian customers to buy their freedom, while additionally supplying the wire used to enable their release. -g- Regards, Don