and potentially sell it for some ridiculous (IPO) amount. There aren't any IPO plans. He was joking .... duh. -----Original Message----- From: M H Stein [mailto:dm561 at torfree.net] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:03 PM To: 'cctalk at classiccmp.org' Cc: 'sellam at vintagetech.com' Subject: RE: cctalk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 52 <snip> -------------------- A rather naive perspective, I think. Aside from whatever personal interest he may have in classic computers, he's also in it for the money and apparently wants to generate enough traffic for VCM to generate revenue and potentially sell it for some ridiculous (IPO) amount. As Warren points out, competing with eBay is a rather dubious business proposition anyway, but ranting at and offending his potential customer base with foul language for doing business with his "competition" does not strike me as a very effective way of creating the good will that a successful business venture needs; he should spend his time advertising and promoting VCM instead. mike (cc to Sellam)

And thusly were the wise words spake by M H Stein !! IMHO, he was *joking* about IPO'ing VCM... Cheers, Bryan