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Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread Formerly Known as No Rest For The Wicked -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Dolfan	Respond to of 90042

Sounds like great News for the Palm and Palm OS! MSFT is dropping current WinCE for handheld device, it will try another TOTAL REWRITE OS for handheld device. From MSFT past history, it will take MSFT couple years to get the OS right. Their first OS are always buggy, crash more than couple times a day. infoworld.com In fact, Microsoft is already telling key partners that in the fourth quarter they should expect to see a total rewrite of WinCE, code-named Rapier,which will be significantly easier to use.... For Microsoft, ease of use has been a major stumbling block that has kept market acceptance of its handheld platform low, and the software giant's biggest challenge next week will be convincing software vendors and corporate customers to continue to support the WinCE platform. ...says research figures for 1998 point to an almost 2-to-1 sales advantage for PalmOS and show that devices running PalmOS grew by as much as 84 percent in 1998.Some software vendors that market similar business applications for both WinCE and PalmOS are claiming an 8-to-1 advantage in PalmOS software sales. Recent research also points to the primary reason for the disparity in sales.... "With PalmOS it takes one or two clicks; with WinCE it's more like five or six," said Forrester's Nordan. "The latest version of WinCE still suffers from the same shortcomings [as older versions]," according to an IT manager at a Fortune 500 company. "Pocket Office is about a quarter compatible with Microsoft Office,"

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

kathy, thank you very much for the post..i would never force anyone to donate but "for me" i feel the need to give something back to people in desperate need of help...when i see people begging for a slice of bread and then i hear people complain because skyt sold for 21 not 30 really makes me ???????

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: ok1day	Respond to of 90042

Kathy....You have expressed my sentiments exactly as I am sure the threads. I will try to do my best at contributing. Right now i will start with contributing from my losses. I am sure soon it will be from gains. :~)

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: AUrush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

Kathy...this is one of the reasons I like this thread... In addition to great market advice, what drew me to the thread was the humanitarian aspect and the advice of keeping life in perspective...I regularily donate 15% of all sorces of my revenue to charity...like I said, being grounded is what allows me to invest unemotionally...

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 3:23:00 PM
From: HandsOn	Respond to of 90042

I'm not sure what to say here except this is INDEED a special place, thanks to Tim and people like You Kathy and the rest of the CREW! Thanks for setting up the fund and count me in, cya.

To: kathyh who wrote (47055)	5/29/1999 8:59:00 PM
From: Andrea Williams	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90042

Hi Thread, I just joined SI. I have been lurking for some time now and I'm overwhelmed with the spirit here. The people here care not for just each other but for those less fortunate than themselves. This thread truly is a mirror of what is good in the heart of man. I have one investment question: I purchased some JACO at 4 1/4 the day Tim first mentioned it. Now I'm not sure what to do with my shares. Any thoughts? Andrea