SPOOZ Inc (SPZI)

[Imperial Whazoo]

And allie, it also needs to be pointed out that it is a tad questionable, IMHO, to post an article from way back in June 2006 and speak of it in the post as though it represents something Microsoft "IS" doing right now. The proper tense of the verb to have used would have been the past tense, not the present tense being verb "IS", because the article IS dated June 20, 2006.

That article was from 2 years ago, M/L. If some big financial center event by Microsoft 2 years ago was all that ground shaking, we probably would have seen "ground shaking" in the industry during the intervening years, but to my recollection, Microsoft is still putting out MSDN white papers offering work-arounds for the deficiencies of Excel. Wait... we did have a small quake recently in Chicago, if I recall.... a 5.5 on the Richter scale. Maybe that was Microsoft's earth shaking financial center client server version of Excel. Nah... couldn't be that because that ground shaking financial center event happened in June, 2 years ago.

And the article being two years old notwithstanding, its clear that the concept which Microsoft was promoting was a two piece affair: there had to be a cluster of servers on the back end connected to a corporate desktop on the client side.

Say allie.... you have a cluster of servers in your upstairs linen closet that you can commit to Excel financial applications don't you? Yeah, me too.... I got a pretty nasty look from the fellow who pulled the cable around here when I instructed him to cable it all through the back of the closet in the upstairs hall, way back behind the guest towels and the extra moth balls we got in bulk that time at Sam's.

But you know, I do have a desktop computer with Excel 2007 on it. Hmmmm.... lets see.... Microsoft's big mega solution that they announced two years ago that has failed to get traction or my single Dell desktop PC at an affordable price that I can use to automate my trading..... hmmmmm.... I wonder which path I should take??!!?? I guess it all depends on what the meaning of "IS" is.

Hey.... how about this for a plan: I want to use Spooz to automate the trades I make in the latter half ot 2008. Will I be able to for the affordable price of $89.95 a month? Sure hope so. Will Spooz run out of juice and fail to release or will it be the little engine that could and "I think I can.... I think I can..." over the final mountain peak? Again, who knows. but I, for one, really think they are honestly doing everything they can to accomplish this goal. All IMHO. Spooz is and always has been risky. Its a risk I've been willing to take, but it is still a very risky stock to invest in. Risk is risk is risak is risk. Simple as that. All IMHO, though.

Jessie Collin Young had "A song For Julia", so here's a prayer for Spooz: I sure hope the good Lord blesses you, Paul Strickland, because in blessing you, he blesses all of us who are invested in your endevours. Its always better to light a candle against the darkness than to curse the darkness. And it also helps if you use the right tense of the verb. :o))

Imperial Whazoo