RE: IBM advertising on a Money Losing Product

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <Art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey.  This could be the Al Barsa impersonator.  I recall Al saying quite often 
that he would never
buy stock in IBM until they spun off the AS/400 division.

See Al's note from the midrange archive--

>It's incredible how IBM works hard to retain fatheads, and then incents smart 
>people like Jim
Sloan,
>Wayne Evans, Janet Krueger and David Money to leave.  Keep up the good work 
>IBM, this is why I own
your
>competitor's stock.  If you do own IBM stock, when Lou quits, sell your stock, 
>and sell it short -
as
>there will be nothing left of what used to be a wonderful corporation


Art "Another Jr. expert in the As/400 field" Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Al Barsa, Jr.
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 7:57 PM
To: midrange-L@midrange.com
Subject: IBM advertising on a Money Losing Product


Hi,

Well would look at this.  IBM has two computing product lines that make
money (AS/400 and S/390), which that don't hype; and two that bleed money
out of the bottom line (Netfinity and RS/6000).

So which one do they hype? - See next:

>http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2218995.html

Given the fact that IBM has a large presence in Rochester, Minnesota - the
home of the Mayo Clinic - maybe we could get a good deal on gift
certificates for lobotomies for the braindeal people that make these decisions.

As a stockholder, my sentiments are:  God forbid that this company should
make big bucks.

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