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TJ Parker

03/25/03 7:31 PM

#90938 RE: FinnTroll #90931

there is hope for truth in advertising

apparently the marketing dept is moving just a bit faster than the r&d guys on microsoft's trustworthy computing initiative ...

[Johannesburg, 20 March 2003] - The Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) has ordered that a Microsoft ad implying that its software will bring about the extinction of the hacker is to be pulled for being "unsubstantiated and misleading".

An objection was lodged by freelance journalist Richard Clarke, in his personal capacity, who complained that the advert was untrue. He claimed Microsoft software is littered with vulnerabilities.

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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0303201315.asp?O=FPMS
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Public Heel

03/25/03 9:01 PM

#90948 RE: FinnTroll #90931

RHAT is a screaming buy. At $1.00, that is. They can't make money, their vaunted revenue growth is peaking, and they're still selling at ten times revenue. It would be generous to value them at tanngible book, which is approx $1.50/share.
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Bearmove

03/26/03 7:56 AM

#90985 RE: FinnTroll #90931

Still holding half my position and will hold.