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From: skip@ubvax.UUCP (Stayton D Addison Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Dubious marketing practices
Message-ID: <710@ubvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 00:03:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 00:03:35 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Mar-87 07:24:30 EST
References: <2607@phri.UUCP> <15129@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: skip@ubvax.UUCP (Stayton D Addison Jr)
Distribution: comp.misc, misc.invest
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In article <15129@sun.uucp> lyang@sun.UUCP (Larry Yang) writes:
> ...
>A couple of days ago Sun's stock went up over 2 points.  I was mystified,
>til I looked at IBM.  Sure enough, IBM went up 4 points.  Rule of thumb:
>if IBM's stock goes up, everyone's goes up. If IBM goes down, everyone's
>goes down.  In other words:
>
>#define computer-industry IBM
> ...

I think you've got cause and effect mixed up here.  IBM is a large
part of the computer industry, but it doesn't define it.

-- Skip Addison
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   or sun!amdI am I am I