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Subject: Re: Millennium gives up!

Author: Shep

Date: 12:57:33 05/13/01

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On May 13, 2001 at 14:51:21, Alois Ganter wrote:

>To me that doesn't sound like giving up. It sounds like they have a lot of other
>interesting business and we all understand that computer chess is not a place to
>get rich quick. Probably quite a reasonable approach.

Depends on how you read between the lines.
In German business-speak, "Konzentration auf das Kerngeschäft" (concentration on
core business) typically means "major financial problems forcing us to take
extreme measures". You often hear this line from companies who suffered
disastrous losses in some market segments and who are panically trying to get
rid of their least profitable parts in an attempt to prevent total breakdown.

I'm not saying this is necessarily the case here, maybe I'm a bit overly
sensitive due to hearing similar statements from the stock exchange, so please
don't flame me for starting rumours on Millennium's financial background, I
definitely don't mean to.

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Shep



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