-=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to all <=-

 RJT> This newsletter is primarily financially-oriented,  but I thought
 RJT> that this particular issue might be of interest to folks in here
 RJT> anyway... 
 RJT> * Forwarded (from: netmail) by Roy J. Tellason using timEd 1.10.y2k.
 RJT> Gary North's REALITY CHECK

	Interesting fellow, Gary North.  IIRC, he's what's called a
Christian Reconstructionist:  i.e., wants a genuine theocracy for the
country and is related by blood to the founder of the movement.  Which
may have nothing to do with specifics of financial advice and company
assessment except where that framework might distort his views.
	However, he was one of the *big* drummers for Y2K going to 
be the end of civilization, which doesn't give one great confidence
in his assessment of the computer industry.


 RJT> MICHAEL DELL VS. THE RED SCREEN OF DEATH: GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE

 RJT> No small business needs a computer that costs more than $1,200, with
 RJT> bells and whistles installed.  The price spread has disappeared.  The
 RJT> free market has done its work. It has turned a unique tool into a
 RJT> common commodity, priced accordingly: cheap.  There is nothing special
 RJT> about a desktop computer any more, unless it doesn't work properly. 

	This is hardly news.

 RJT> He tried to get the unit to work.  He spent hours.  He told me that
 RJT> the blue-screen problem is a familiar affliction of Windows.  It's
 RJT> called the blue screen of death.  It is so common that it has an
 RJT> acronym: BSOD.  I searched Google for "blue screen of
death."  Here
 RJT> are a couple of reports.  This one is old. 

	So, Gary North didn't know what the BSOD was, and now all of a
sudden he's an expert on the computer industry???  ROTFL.  This makes
his Y2K doomsday scenarioing even funnier.

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