Well, I've got 30 shares of Apple common stock. We could also get
together a group of stock owners who have never even heard of the
Newton. If we tell them our story, I'm sure we could get support from
non-Newton users.
Brad
On Thursday, September 6, 2001, at 04:01 PM, Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
> at the temporal coordinates: 9/6/01 3:50 PM, the entity known as Robert
> Benschop at rbenschop_at_mac.com conveyed the following:
>
>>
>> on 06-09-2001 3:12, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_home.com wrote:
>>
>>> But a group ofstockholders can have influence beyond the number of
>>> shares
>>> they
>>> hold, if they start making noises about Apple not doing their duty to
>>> shareholders (by squandering a good and valuable asset, namely the
>>> Newt
>>> technology).
>>> Companies have been sued for that in the past. So a vocal group of
>>> stockholders is likely to be able to find a forum for their views
>>> that a
>>> group of customers couldn't.
>>
>> Actually , the more I think about this the more it sounds like the
>> best idea
>> of getting anything like a Newt back ever, even though this idea
>> probably
>> has not more than a 0.001 % chance.
>> It would at least make a small move towards the recognition that they
>> used
>> to have, once upon a time in a far away kingdom, something that was
>> called
>> the Newt.
>>
>> who knows...
>>
>>
>> Robert Benschop
>>
>>
>> P.S.
>> where and when is the next Apple shareholders meeting ?
>>
>
> Not sure, but I think they have those in the spring. Almost certainly
> in
> Cupertino. BTW, if we're not worried about the absolute size of the
> stake
> that the "Raiders of the Lost Newt" own, we could just have everyone
> get one
> share (less then $18 at this point, plus commissions, etc.). I think
> the
> important thing would be the sheer number of shareholders, especially
> if a
> significant fraction showed up PHYSICALLY at the shareholders
> meeting. :-)
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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