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sricket

05/17/04 5:16 PM

#63116 RE: chwdrhed #63114

I think because Gateway may do a bigger
business than owd3 ...
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newelong

05/18/04 1:43 AM

#63135 RE: chwdrhed #63114

chwdrhed ... If you`re really interested ...

the following is a pretty good read, IMO ...

In 2001 you made Wayne CEO of eMachines. At the time he'd been senior vice president of merchandising at Best Buy. Now he's CEO of Gateway. And he's brought a couple of execs with him to Gateway who are former Best Buy execs....

"Let me put it this way. I have 100 percent confidence in Wayne. Because he is really one of the best CEOs I've ever seen. And Ted is also one of the smartest guys I've ever met. With this combination, that's why I was willing to take a lot of share instead of cash. I told Ted at the time, I'd rather take stock instead of cash because this way the company can reserve more cash for the operations, and at the same time I'm betting together with them on the future."

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2880036

Maybe just dots, ...

"With Gateway’s acquisition of eMachines, we expect greater sales opportunities for Gateway-branded products due to eMachines’ relationships with first-tier consumer electronic retail chains and their enhanced sales and worldwide distribution channels."

http://www.edig.com/newsDetail.php?id=68

but perhaps worth due consideration !?!

BTW, I suspect Wayne still knows the "formula" ... what do you think ??

TIA

NEWe.LONG





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05/18/04 9:08 AM

#63137 RE: chwdrhed #63114

You have a point, GW did allow themselves to get involved in some way with EDIG, so you have to doubt the intelligence of at least a few over there.

So let's take the opposite approach. GW is a bunch of bumbling idiots who managed to screw up a "sure-fire", "can't miss" EDIG designed greatest MP3 player ever built. Does that make you feel better? Would that and the two-bits your stock is worth make you all warm and fuzzy inside?

It is funny how this comes on the heels of those idiots at F-T screwing up that great product. Why do you suppose EDIG can only cut deals with folks who don't know what they are doing?

I'll ignore the obvious that F-T and GW were both touted on this board as "huge opportunities" and great companies in their fields when the deals were announced. Now both companies are clueless!!!!

I was wondering how long it would be before folks started breaking bad on GW.