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To: RealMuLan who wrote (60601)	5/25/1999 1:52:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

YZ, Where ya been. There hasn't been any good news for MU since it eked out a nominal profit last quarter.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (60601)	5/25/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

"anti-dumping tariffs imposed by the Department of Commerce (although not finalized) on Taiwanese DRAM companies are less than analysts expected..... " I apologize for being so ignorant, but would someone kindly explain why when DRAMS are overproduced and the price drops to below production cost, it is deemed "illegal" to sell them below cost because it will run some poor sap company out of business; but when Amazon.com sells at perhaps 20% below cost on every transaction (when their is no book glut), it is deemed "brilliant" because it will run some poor sap brick-and-mortar company out of business. This concept has been nagging at me for some time, and I'm sure there is a sane explanation for it all, right?