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Company: Draftek
Occupation/Title: Owner
Age: 60
Location: Maine
College: Yale '61
Degree: (BS ME)
Favorite Stocks: MSFT,INTC,ORCL,NXTL,GIC,TLAB
Investment Style: buy low sell high
Investment Experience: 35 years
Interests and Hobbies: Sailing,Computer,Building,
Quote: John 3:16
Additional Info: Jesus Saves
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Interesting Dvorak Commentary: The Microsoft mesh mess BERKELEY, Calif. (Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 04/25/2008 03:24:30 PM
Probably product mix. Less software more XBox and internet revs.Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 04/25/2008 09:02:50 AM
IBM beats: First-quarter net income rose 26 percent to $2.32 billion, or $1.65 pMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT)104/16/2008 05:31:55 PM
Wal-Mart stops selling Linux-based computers Customer demand for alternative toMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 04/16/2008 09:07:33 AM
Duke: <i><b>Microsoft fundamentally woke up and realized that even though they'rMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 04/16/2008 07:56:27 AM
Thanks DukeMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 03/24/2008 03:51:32 PM
I can never understand why the likes of Dan,dybdahl and others like them perpetuMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 03/10/2008 10:23:48 AM
Hmm. I guess MSFT has decided that the biz approach is too confining and they arMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/22/2008 08:02:08 AM
Not sure what your subtle commentary is saying and why it is directed at moi. I Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/22/2008 07:54:20 AM
Domain Name: ZOOK.COM Registrar: TUCOWS INC.Whois Server: whois.tucows.com AlrMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/18/2008 09:24:43 AM
This presupposes that Ballmer hires but does not listen to his CFO and Goldman. Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/18/2008 09:06:19 AM
Math//Eyeballs and critical mass in a hurry to rein in the Google lead.Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/18/2008 09:01:36 AM
I have said this many times before. Branding of Windows Live STINKS! Well even YMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/18/2008 09:00:25 AM
Gottfried:This explains the recent contrary weakness of MSFT. I am surprised thaMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 02/01/2008 09:07:17 AM
Here is my concern. MSFT blows earnings/rev estimates away while raising guidancMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 01/31/2008 06:22:44 AM
Hey Don since my Vista has been updating itself regularly will I need the ServicMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 01/24/2008 05:08:46 PM
The price action of MSFT is nuts of late. I hope the upside move today, in a verMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/13/2007 03:58:42 PM
MP: Some bozo at another board says: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/04/2007 10:50:24 AM
Don: You are talking with educated people evidently dubdull talks to people dwelMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/04/2007 10:47:42 AM
Dinesh dubdull has no idea why he is here. He has no investment in MSFT.Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/04/2007 10:45:00 AM
I guess you r not familiar th how MSFT trades. For it to be down nearly 3% on noMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/04/2007 10:42:36 AM
Why is MSFT stock getting hammered out of proportion to NAZ today?Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 12/03/2007 03:24:39 PM
dibdull//I am glad we have you here to tell us what we are missing with Linux. GMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/30/2007 08:08:11 AM
Does anyone know if XBox cooling problem has been solved by mfrs.?Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/29/2007 08:35:03 AM
Gottfried: Are they sold out forever? Will they have more for Christmas. If not Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/28/2007 07:45:30 AM
Vista isn't complicated it is just a little different. But a little different wiMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/28/2007 07:42:27 AM
That is not the way it is done. But good luck to them. Anyway it is open season Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/27/2007 05:26:41 PM
These fellows are rather amateurish. They don't even have trademark/copyright syMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/26/2007 08:31:25 AM
Here is a good comparison of Zune with Ipod: http://www.zunescene.com/compariMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT)111/21/2007 10:20:39 AM
Microsoft is relentless. They have the cash flow and strength to be late to the Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/21/2007 10:15:43 AM
Right I would propose something like Zooks and people would say Gad zooks! The wMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/21/2007 10:13:42 AM
All correct. Go to the head of the class;>)Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/21/2007 10:10:30 AM
They have to get a sexy name for the search engine. They should change when theyMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/20/2007 06:40:52 PM
Dinesh: That seems to make the best sense here. The market has been turned into Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/13/2007 11:19:28 AM
Actually corps. are flush with cash. It would make sense to improve bottom line Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/13/2007 11:18:26 AM
Can someone explain why the NAZ is so vulnerable to credit crisis when NAZ has sMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/10/2007 08:40:57 AM
Softee is trading like a bulletin board stock of late way up way down . Is it thMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/09/2007 09:17:10 AM
Getting back to MSFT and being in the van on fundamental changes I think this maMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/09/2007 09:15:36 AM
The real test given all the acctg. BS is free cash flow and few companies consisMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/07/2007 08:30:12 AM
Don :..........I think the Caddy is one of the few brands that still has some apMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/07/2007 08:26:56 AM
Yes but now they have to translate that into sales. I have seen all of the cars Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/07/2007 08:21:24 AM
Don my father in law was the biggest Cadillac dealer on Long Island in the 60's Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/07/2007 08:15:35 AM
I guess this guy figures he can make more by writing a tell all book. MicrosoMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/07/2007 08:04:37 AM
Amen brother!Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/06/2007 01:10:36 PM
MP: And why should she. That is a full time job. I have 8 children raising 31 ofMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/06/2007 01:09:46 PM
Well Don I guess we had better just quit and climb into our holes and hide. The Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/06/2007 01:05:46 PM
I am not afraid of Japanese competition in these areas. We are a free country anMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/06/2007 01:03:53 PM
That's nice of you Dinesh.Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/05/2007 03:12:36 PM
Yeah Don of late. We were way ahead of everyone in the Minivan,PU Truck and the Microsoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/05/2007 02:05:12 PM
MP you have been EU ized. Look at their unemployment vs. ours. Hopefully we willMicrosoft Corp. - Moderated (MSFT) 11/05/2007 10:30:45 AM

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