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Zen 88, just last week we were at 11.89% institutional ownership so that gives us a recent 4% increase. I wonder if THIS recent increase could be due to the last financing? I guess is depends on how "current" the information posted at the nasdaq site. Is the institutional ownership stats instantaneously posted or is there a lag-time? The answers are probably posted somewhere at the nasdaq site but I'm too lazy to rtfm(s).
My take is that the higher inst. ownership is a direct result of the last financing, and nothing more.
cooler
My guess to your question,
Why is this stock the only one that aint rallying ???
is the low volume means that it's a wait and see game right now. Institutional ownership crept up from 9% to 16% in the last month so there is certainly some interest or speculation going on by the big boys.
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Institutional update!! Almost 16%!!
Recent institutional ownership history:
8.89% on July 11 (2007)
9.26% on July 20
12% on August 13 (or was it August 10?)
15.95% on August 14
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Snackman, Another blockbuster day! ;)
Up to 45,000 shares traded between 2.00 and 2.05.
I am seriously considering adding more on Monday morning though. Would like to double my position again. I have a long weekend to consider it.
I wish I had an in with one of the sale reps at Dell. Would love to know how those wave/latitudes are selling.
cooler
600 shares in the past 1 1/4 hours. That has to be an all time low.
And the spring get tighter and tighter imo.
Presentation started!
http://www.wave.com/news/webcasts.html
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I doubled down on July 16th and again today. I am all ears from here on. I am hoping Monday's conference call will give us some inkling of hope!
Cooler
and now $151
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up in AH by $6.12 at 143.38 at 5:22 PM
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OT: Once in awhile I venture over to the AMD board. drjohn post and The Duke's response got me rolling.
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Posted by: drjohn
In reply to: Elmer Phud who wrote msg# 81531
Date:7/24/2007 10:03:23 PM
Post #of 81543
RE:yet they still haven't been able to benchmark Barcelona?
Sure they have and the results were "extremely satisfactory".
Posted by: The Duke of URL
In reply to: drjohn who wrote msg# 81536
Date:7/25/2007 11:02:06 AM
Post #of 81543
It is well known that a ranking of "extremely satisfactory" is next in line above a ranking of "really scrumptious" and just below a ranking carrying enough factual allegations to get you sued for securities fraud/misrepresentation.
Institutional ownership is 24.86% as reported at
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/Holdings.asp?mode=&page=&FormType=&kind=&Leap=&mkttype...
Volume today was 16 million shares. Should be interesting to see how much this changes.
cooler
just a tiny update to 8.89%.....can't wait till it is over 50%
Thank you for the link. And now institutional ownership nudged up to 9.26%. Slowly going in the right direction.
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/Holdings.asp?mode=&page=&FormType=&kind=&Leap=&mkttype...
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Thanks BCaSE!
And thanks to helpfulbacteria for the link. Here's the OCR scan of the PDF file. Please read the original PDF file since OCR errors may exist (and probably do!). I also have two toddlers that just got up from their nap so no more time to proof. Here it is.
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF UNDER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
COMMANDERS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS DIRECTOR, DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ASSISTANTS TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS OF THE DEFENSE AGENCIES
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE DIRECTORS OF DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOD CYBER CRIME CENTER
SUBJECT: Encryption of Sensitive Unclassified Data at Rest on Mobile Computing Devices and Removable Storage Media
References:
(a) DoDI 8500.2, "Information Assurance (IA) Implementation," February 6, 2003
(b) DoDD 8100.2, "Use of Commercial Wireless Devices, Services, and Technologies in the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Information Grid (GIG)," April 14, 2004, as supplemented by ASD NII/DoD CIO memorandum, same subject, June 2, 2006
(c) DoD Policy Memorandum, "Department of Defense Guidance on
Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (P11)," August 18, 2006
(d) DoD Policy Memorandum, "Protection of Sensitive DoD Data at Rest
on Portable Computing Devices," April 18, 2006
References (a) through (c) require encryption of various categories of sensitive DoD data at rest under certain circumstances. Reference (d) provides recommendations on means to protect sensitive unclassified information on portable computing devices used within DoD and advises that the suggestions are expected to become policy requirements in the near future. This memorandum establishes additional DoD policy for
the protection of sensitive unclassified information on mobile computing devices and removable storage media. It applies to all DoD Components and their supporting commercial contactors that process sensitive DoD information.
It is DoD policy that:
1) All unclassified DoD data at rest that has not been approved for public release and is stored on mobile computing devices such as laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs), or removable storage media such as thumb drives and compact discs, shall be treated as sensitive data and encrypted using commercially available encryption technology. Minimally, the cryptography shall be National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) compliant and a mechanism shall be established to ensure encrypted data can be recovered in the event the primary encryption system fails or to support other mission or regulatory requirements. DoD information that has been approved for public release does not require encryption.
2) Priority shall be given to satisfying the requirements of reference (c) and to encrypting DoD information on mobile computing devices used by senior officials (e.g., flag officers and senior executives) and other individuals who travel frequently, particularly to areas outside of the continental United States where loss, theft, or exploitation of the devices is more likely or the consequence of the loss would be more severe.
3) The requirement to encrypt sensitive unclassified data at rest on mobile computing devices and removable storage media is in addition to the management and access controls for all computing devices specified in references (a) through (c).
4) In anticipation of emerging encryption product capabilities, as well as requirements for device authentication, DoD Components shall ensure all new computer assets (e.g., server, desktop, laptop, and PDA) procured to support the DoD enterprise include a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 or higher where such technology is available. Written justification must be provided to the responsible Designated Approving Authority if assets are procured without TPM technology in cases where it is available.
DoD Components shall purchase data at rest encryption products through the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (EST). The ESI establishes DoD-wide Enterprise Software Agreements / Blanket Purchase Agreements that substantially reduce the cost of common-use, commercial off-the-shelf software. Information on encryption products that meet the requirements of this policy may be found in Attachment 2. Other implementation details may be found at http://www.esi.mil and at http://iase.disa.mil
This policy is effective immediately. DoD Components will report the status of their implementation efforts to this office no later than December 31, 2007. The DoD CIO points of contact are David Hollis (703) 602-9982, david.hollis@osd.mil and David Tuteral (703) 604-0503, david.tuteral.etr@osd.mil of the Defense-wide Information Assurance Program Office.
Attachments:
1. Definitions
2. Press Release
cc:
Chief Information Officers of the DoD Components
[ATTACHMENT 1 FOLLOWING]
DEFINITIONS
Encryption of Sensitive Unclassified Data at Rest on Mobile Computing Devices and Removable Storage Media Memorandum
Data at Rest: Refers to all data in computer storage (e.g., on hard disk drives, CDs/DVDs, floppy disks, thumb drives, PDAs, cellphones, other removable storage media, etc.) while excluding data that is traversing a network (data in transit) or temporarily residing in computer memory to be read or updated (data in use).
Laptop Computers: Also known as notebook computers, are small mobile personal computers light enough to carry comfortably. Laptops can be battery-operated and often have a thin liquid crystal display (LCD) screen. Some models can mate with a docking station to perform as a full-sized desktop system.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): Also known as palmtops, hand-held computers, and pocket computers, are any small hand-held device that provides computing and data storage abilities. Examples of PDAs include, but are not limited to, BlackBerrys, Treos, Palm Pilots, and Smartphones.
Removable Storage Media: Refers to cartridge and disc-based removable and portable storage media devices that can be used to easily move data between computers. Examples of removable storage media include, but are not limited to, floppy disks, compact discs, USB flash drives, external hard drives and other flash memory cards/drives that contain non-volatile memory.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM): The TPM is a microcontroller that stores keys, passwords and digital certificates. It typically is affixed to the motherboard of computers. It potentially can be used in any computing device that requires these functions. The nature of this hardware chip ensures that the information stored there is made more secure from external software attack and physical theft. The TPM standard is a product of the Trusted Computing Group consortium. For more information on the TPM specification and architecture, refer to
www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/groups/tpm.
Sensitive Unclassified Information: Information that is not classified but restricted from public disclosure. For full definition, refer to DoDD 8500.1, "Information Assurance," October 24, 2002.
[ATTACHMENT 2 FOLLOWING]
Data at Rest (DAR) Encryption Awardees Announced
WASHINGTON - The Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. General Services Administration awarded 10 contracts today for blanket purchase agreements (BPA) to protect sensitive, unclassified data residing on government laptops, other mobile computing devices and removable storage media devices. These BPAs could result in contract values
exceeding $79 million.
Awardees are MTM Technologies Inc.; Rocky Mountain Ram LLC; Carahsoft Technology Corp.; Spectrum Systems Inc.; SafeNet Inc.; Hi Tech Services Inc.; Autonomic Resources LLC; GovBuys Inc.; Intelligent Decisions Inc. and Merlin International.
Products are Mobile Armor LLC's Data Armor; Safeboot NV's Safeboot Device Encryption; Information Security Corp.'s Secret Agent; SafeNet Inc.'s SafeNet ProtectDrive; Encryption Solutions Inc.'s SkyLOCK At-Rest; SPYRUS Inc.'s Talisman/DS Data Security Suite; WinMagic Inc.'s SecureDoc; CREDANT Technologies Inc.'s CREDANTMobile Guardian and GuardianEdge Technologies' GuardianEdge.
The encryption of data-at-rest (DAR) information is now possible through these BPAs, which were successfully competed using DoD's Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) and GSA's government-wide SmartBUY (Software Managed and Acquired on the Right Terms) programs.
DoD ESl and the U.S. Air Force's 754th Electronic Systems Group at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., will provide acquisition and contract support for the awards and administer the contracts throughout their five-year contract lives. GSA's SmartBUY program will provide all acquisition support for civilian agencies, including state and local governments.
"Today's SmartBUY announcement demonstrates that we remain vigilant in our efforts to strengthen security and improve our efforts to safeguard sensitive and personal information across the board," said Karen Evans. "The government is accountable to America's citizens for the privacy and protection of their sensitive information, while at the same time, improving services within the government. This agreement is critical to all levels of government—Federal, state, and local. The DoD-GSA team solved a major data encryption issue and allows our state and local governments to share in the solution while saving substantial taxpayer dollars at all levels. This is a milestone that will help build public trust as we continue to improve security within our Information Technology systems government-wide." It was Evans' OMB Memorandum 06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, in June 2006 that was a key impetus for federal action resulting in the agreements.
Protecting data-at-rest has become increasingly critical in today's IT environment of highly mobile data and decreasing device size. Personal identity information or sensitive government information stored on devices such as laptops, thumb drives and PDAs is often unaccounted for and unprotected, and can pose a problem if these devices are compromised. In addition to saving taxpayer dollars, this enhances DAR information security and requires vendors to meet stringent technical and information assurance requirements.
Two months after OMB issued its memo, the DoD Data-at-Rest Tiger Team (DARTT) was developed to address technical requirements. The goal was to award multiple BPAs by mid-2007. Eventually, the DARTT evolved into an interagency team comprised of 20 DoD components, 18 federal agencies and NATO.
"This highly successful interagency team defined and agreed upon data-at-rest requirements, which enabled the government to establish these critically important BPAs," said David Wennergren, DoD's deputy chief information officer. "It is truly historic in that agencies from across all levels of the government came together to solve a problem and develop an acquisition solution to meet all federal and local government DAR security requirements in an incredibly short time-frame."
The DARTT conducted an extensive threat/risk analysis and market survey prior to submitting recommendations to DoD military department chief information officers in October 2006. In November 2006, DARTT began the current acquisition process in conjunction with the DoD ESL GSA SmartBUY and federal agencies joined the DARTT in December 2006 and NATO joined in January 2007, with state and local governments joining in March 2007.
"These first-ever BPAs for data-at-rest encryption are also the first available for state and local government purchases," said Jim Williams, GSA's Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner. "The DOD-GSA team has leveraged the incredible buying power of the federal government to help state and local governments with their DAR solutions."
State and local governments are participating under GSA's Cooperative Purchasing Program, which allows them to purchase IT products and services from both GSA's Multiple Award Schedule 70 and Consolidated Schedules that have IT special item numbers. Possible because Section 211 of the E-Government Act of 2002 amended the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, cooperative purchasing is the means by which state and local governments have this first-time opportunity to join federal customers in purchasing encryption products fully compliant with FIPS 140-2. This federal standard defines national interoperability and security requirements for these governments electing to achieve this level for their networks.
"Protecting sensitive and private information, such as social security numbers and financial information, is an ongoing responsibility that New York State and its agencies are focused on each day," said Governor Eliot Spitzer. "By working with the federal government to protect this important information we have the ability to add another layer of protection, to New York's cyber security program, in an extremely cost-effective way."
Three categories of software and hardware encryption products are available under the BPAs - full disk encryption (FDE), file encryption (FES), and integrated FDE/FES products. All products use cryptographic modules validated under FIPS 140-2 security requirements, and have met stringent technical and interoperability requirements.
Licenses are transferable within a federal agency and include secondary use rights. All awarded BPA prices are as low as or lower than prices each vendor has available on GSA schedules, with cost avoidance to the government estimated at up to $73 million over the life of the BPAs. Additionally discounts on volume pricing range up to 85% for volume pricing, and volume pricing is based on tiers for 10,000, 33,000, and 100,000 users.
Additional information will be available on http://www.esi.mil and http://www.gsa.gov/smartbuy.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 205,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? FAS annual business volume of $46 billion accounts for more than one-seventh of the entire federal procurement budget. FAS manages acquisition programs that include information technology, telecommunications, furniture, tools, office products and supply items, and all travel, motor vehicles and credit card services.
Hank thinks P.C. s have become fashion statements, I'll take mine in hunter green with low skirts.
like Apple computers
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"Would REALLY like to break even at Q4".
yep
analyst: How do you plan on breaking even by the end of year?
1) gain market share (cough, cough)
2) not prepared to discuss prospective gross margins that will result in us achieving our goals.
okay ;)
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Apple's U.S. Mac market share rises to 5.6 percent in Q2
By Katie Marsal
Published: 09:00 PM EST
U.S. shipments of Apple's Mac computer line grew 26 percent during the second quarter of 2007, according to just released data from market research firm IDC.
The firm said Apple shipped 960,000 units within the U.S. during the three-month period, good enough for a 5.6 percent share of the overall U.S. PC market and fourth place on its list of top vendors.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/07/18/apples_u_s_mac_market_share_rises_to_5_6_percent_in_q2...
@WBMW - Q2 earnings
Don't get me wrong, Intel looks great fundamentally these
days, probably best since many many years, but the stock run
very much in the last weeks, for me a bit too much. I wouldn't
be surprised, if the market takes the stock down, if Intel
isn't able to show really really good numbers, which I don't
expect. The key point for the stock will not be Q2, the
focus will be on margin update and some market-share fore-
casts, probably a bit too on 45nm. My advice short-term.
Take some shares out at 26,5 and buy them back tomorrow
at 25-25,5. Just my 2C.
For Long-term "Traders" - this Q2 should have no real big
effect -> just hold.
Wow, if one took your advice they would already be back in AND with some hefty spare change in their pocket!
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Maynard, it is an open board, that why I don't know why Go-Kite took is so personal that SL answered the question.
May times I have put up posts and questions were put to me on the topic. The questions put to me were answered by someone else hence I did not have to answer the question. In fact, I am glad someone else answered the question because they had a better answer than I had, and SL probably had the best answer to the question than anyone on this board.
We are a community that is suppose to share. If someone has an answer to a question he should answer it regardless if it was posted to him or her or not.
I second this! If I may, I am certain there are many who deeply appreciate your posts.
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ps I doubled my share position today.
TPT.....got me some more shares today. Loving these prices. Just a matter of time now IMO.
I'm envious! I attempted to double my position in after hours. I placed an order at $2.04 and it just sat there with no takers! Hopefully tomorrow morning it will be fairly calm so I can pick up some shares.
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Blue, I think another interesting question might be how many people on this board have a computer with a TPM and have activated the Wave software. I think you might find that not many people have it because they are not convinced of their need for it, and that the answer is similar to that old Life cereal commercial with "Mikey". "I'm not gonna'do it...you do it!" "I'm not gonna do it..hey let's get Mikey to do it!" Everyone is waiting for everyone else to buy it.
I've been long this stock for about 8 years now and I'm coming to the conclusion that we have something nobody wants or needs. I hope to hell I'm wrong.
I own several shares also and am also skeptical. This reminds me of the famous Wendy's ad, "where's the beef?"
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2423864
Hopefully we will see some beef soon!
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drjohn
I track a lot of stocks and options. I haven't yet seen a cell phone with multiple 20" monitors. They'd be hard to fit in a pocket...
Is that a cell phone is your pocket or are you just happy to see me? ;)
Just purchased more shares at 1.83. Not sure why it dipped but I'm willing to take a chance.
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"...what note-taking tools you've seen that would make a tablet uninteresting?"
I agree some kind of slick tablet could be very useful, but it would need an interface unlike that of any computer I'm familiar with. As you know, chemistry note-taking entails entering a mixture of text (with odd symbols and positioning) and specialized line diagrams -- all fast & on the fly. I just can't imagine an iPad in the foreseeable future that could beat John Henry's ballpoint at this task.
Agree, especially when it comes to mechanisms. I have had several students try cut and paste from chemdraw into word but the process is too involved.
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Speaking of mas...
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7929.html
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They should first aim at making a better chip. (Which would require them to first aim at admitting they are inferior).
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I certainly don't expect them to hit a bullseye. Hell, I not even sure if they can even hit the board.
"aim" was the opperative word that mas so conveniently placed in the sentence.
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The company aims to ship one million native quad-core processors for server and desktop use in 2007, noted the sources>
The company aims to ship one million native quad-core processors for server and desktop use in 2007, noted the sources.
Thanks. I am with BAIS. By the way, since our last disccusion I managed to increase my 10 shares of MO to 50. Bought on dips. Still gunning for a nice round 100 shares!
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My KFT shares are showing in my brokerage account this morning! Interesting my MO in my account still shows at $87.81 per share. Be interesting to see when they make the adjustment -- probably at the market's monday AM open.
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I aint purchasing any more soon unless you can assure me that it is going to 100 ;)
Cooler
My ultimate goal is to own 100 shares so I puchased 10 shares in Nov at 82. I figured I would keep accumulating during any dips. Oh well some much for that plan.
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X-Box for $100
welp, it's no longer a rumor.
Selling limited quantities at amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday.html?ie=UTF8&id=cv%2Fhomepage&tag2=stealdealsnet-20
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Hey Cooler,
Rock solid source?? Perhaps Steve Ballmer started this rumor : )
Threejack
IF true, even at $100 I wouldn't be interested. Waiting for the PS3 and and plan on buyng it 6 months or so down the road when all the bugs are worked out.
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X-box rumor: If you are thinking of buying an Xbox 360 in the next few days, don’t. We’ve gotten information that Amazon may be putting the $300 Xbox 360 bundle on sale for $100 in the next week or so as a promotional move for the holiday season. ...
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/10/amazon-to-sell-xbox-for-100/
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"You can bet Rambus is throwing money at the forensic consultants, so why the delay?"
If they get a 10 million dollar bonus then I suggest selling your shares asap!
Cooler ;)
Just a nit pick, but 99.999% uptime does not imply 0.0001% errors. It actually refers to time during the year when the machine is up. Since there are roughly 525,600 minutes in a year, 99.999% reliability means 5.25 minutes of downtime. Per year.
It would actually be 5.26 (5.2595) minutes -- this 0.6 second disparity may be significant to any concerned buyers
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Core 2 Duo dominates in Chess
http://www.chessexchange.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2755
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Beamer, I'm kind of happy Apple is on Intel's side now. Remember the old "Pentium II on a snail" ads? Maybe Apple can come out with new ads showing a smoking Opteron ...
Tenchu
I never thought I would be rooting for intel. Bought my first mac in in 1987 (Mac SE) and then a Mac II ci, then power mac 8600 then the G4(see http://www.apple-history.com/). Looks like it's time for an upgrade.
From the fool site posted on Aug 8th (if you have access: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=24444261)
As ya'll may remember, I am not on the retail team anymore but got
"side-moted" to the commercial sales team. Similar work, but less time on
the floor and more time in a cube!!! PTL!!! My emphasis is on SOHO and
small/medium businesses (SMB) markets, although I have some larger
accounts, as well...
3. Apple Core Duo ROCKS. Period. I have seen more folks jump to
MAC in the past several months than during any other period of
similar length. BTW: These systems are using DDR2 667mhz RAM.
No word, yet, on the type/speed in the new MAC PRO (PowerMac
replacement).
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2.40 got my vote for the survey regading today's close (which there is still 30 minutes left to hope!) Our daily chart looks a lot like the nasdaq index -- a slow down drift.
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Conference call started :)
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