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    You didn't do a dir/title="Quarterdeck" now, did you?  ;-)
    

    
    	Yes, I did (as opposed to yes, I am ;-)). My question is more
    on a different vein than STAC ratholes and comments last in March 94.
    
    	Still waiting for an articulate answer/comments..
    
    	Yours in profitable investing.
    
    		the Greyhawk

    There's also been lots of ratholes on IBM, yet all discussion on IBM
    has managed to be kept in one note, titled "IBM".  Is it that hard
    to keep notes concerning a company, especially a very tiny one,
    confined to one base note?

  Greyhawk,

  Any time I see that large a jump in so short a time I get
  a little anxious (feeling that way about DEC, too).

  The bull market is looking long in the tooth, and breadth
  ain't so great.  The "technology" darlings of Wall Street
  have been bid up to unreasonable P/E's.  No one knows when
  the Fed is going to raise rates again to defend the dollar,
  but I hear more and more folks saying it's needed.  Dividend
  yield on the S&P 500 is bumping along at historic lows.

  So, while I don't have any specific knowledge about QDEK,
  I'd be wary of holding on much longer.  And I certainly
  wouldn't be buying any more at current prices.

  Why don't you pull out your original stake, and let your
  profits run?

  -Jerry

    
    	Agree completely on the long in the tooth market; but some real
    Wall St. geniuses (like Laszlo Birieny) think the market will pull
    to 4800 before it tanks (and then only 5-10%). That kind of potential
    gain makes it real hard to pull $$$ off the table today.
    
    	My technical charts show QDEK can go to $10 without resistence
    and even $12 if the NASDQ goes to 850 (which ain't THAT far away)
    I've been shifting big gainers to profits only and I'm now 30% in
    cash, the highest I've been in four years.
    
    	BTW, my charts show DEC can hit 60 within the next 12 months
    easy based on $3.50 earnings per share in 1995 (Q3, Q4 FY95, Q1,
    Q2 FY96) REGARDLESS of what the overall market does. So I'd hold
    on the DEC with a visegrip.
    
    	Maybe I'll make Monday the determinent. If the market drops
    Monday, I'll hold; if it is a big day, 50% QDEK is gone...
    
    	Thanks.
    
    		the Greyhawk

    I think the jump in the stock price is due mainly to their new internet
    technology, i.e. web authoring tools.  I saw an article with some
    analyst promoting QDEK recently, but don't recall where I read it.

    Hopefully (as a PC user not a stock owner) someday, operating system
    improvements will make their memory management software obsolete.

    Well I found the reference to QDEK in Computer Reseller News dated
    4/24/95.  The analyst is Jeff Matthews, a general partner of RAM
    Partners.  He rates Quarterdeck as a buy.  Says, "The real sizzle
    here is Internet products they are working on.  When Wall Street
    catches on, this could be a monster."

Anyone have the phone number for QDEK?  (couldn't find it from my usual source)

    
    	QDEK investor relations are at 310/314-3231. Corporate HQ is
    1901 Main St. Santa Monica, CA (which may explain the time it takes
    them to get new product out the door :-)) 310/392-9851.
    
    	Keep us up-to-date. I just purchased some more at 7 3/8 last
    week. 
    
    		the Greyhawk

> Keep us up-to-date. I just purchased some more at 7 3/8 last week. 

	You're in the money then :-)  NBR mentioned them teaming
	up with UUNET as accounting for todays 15% gain.

ps: several notes back you thought it would go to 10/12 if the NASDAQ
    gets to 850.  NASDAQ is now around 870 :-)

Symbol        : QDEK         Exchange    : NASDAQ
Description   : QUARTERDECK OFFICE SYSTEMS                   
Last Traded at: 8.1875       Date/Time   : Jun 02  4:00:58
$ Change      : 1.0625       % Change    : 14.91   

Volume        : 1416300      # of Trades : 758      
Bid           : 8.0000       Ask         : 8.1875   
Day Low       : 7.2500       Day High    : 8.5000   
52 Week Low   : 1.8750       52 Week High: 8.1250   

    
    	Right you are, Jeff...
    
    	So much for my astutite prognostication capabilities. Now we *all*
    know why I do not work on Wall Street. On the other hand, I'm making
    money on this one (QDEK) ;-)
    
    
    		the Greyhawk

    I dumped my QDEK this morning... now that Mosaic is here, I figure
    it's time to sell on news.

    re: .12
    
    I hope you sold after the jump today!
    
    Symbol        : QDEK         Exchange    : NASDAQ
    Description   : QUARTERDECK OFFICE SYSTEMS                   
    Last Traded at: 10.1875      Date/Time   : Jun 09  3:14:52
    $ Change      : 1.5625       % Change    : 18.12   
    
    Volume        : 3297200      # of Trades : 1888     
    Bid           : 10.1250      Ask         : 10.1875  
    Day Low       : 8.8750       Day High    : 10.6250  
    52 Week Low   : 1.8750       52 Week High: 10.1875  
    

> ps: several notes back you thought it would go to 10/12 if the NASDAQ
>     gets to 850.  NASDAQ is now around 870 :-)

	Looks like I spoke just a little bit too soon :-)

    
    	That's OK, Jeff.
    
    	Now where is this stock headed? New management seems to have its
    act together, and given what IBM premium-paid for Lotus, maybe
    Microsquish would buy QDEK. Be about a $16 stock then.
    
    
    		the Greyhawk

	From http://techweb.cmp.com/techweb/iw/current/hotnew.htm#ibm622

Quarterdeck Unveils New Internet Server And Client Products

Quarterdeck Corp. announced plans Thursday to introduce an inexpensive
World Wide Web server that runs on Microsoft Windows. WebServer for
Windows, to be available later this month for about $130, will run on
Windows 3.1x.

The server is designed to be used either in large corporations to
distribute internal corporate data, such as human resources policies or
marketing information, or in small businesses to set up a Web site for
marketing.

Quarterdeck, based in Santa Monica, Calif., enters a segment of the Web
server market where there isn't a lot of competition. Progress Software has
an inexpensive Web server for Windows, as does O'Reilly & Associates. Other
vendors, such as Netscape Communications and WAIS Inc., are focusing more
on high-end corporate users; their server software alone is often priced in
the thousands of dollars, and the servers often come with prepackaged
hardware that costs tens of thousands of dollars more.

Quarterdeck also has introduced its own Web browser, a version of the
standard Mosaic browser, priced at about $30. The software will be
available in a suite of five tools, including FTP (File Transfer Protocol),
Telnet for remote logins over the Internet, and Internet E-mail. The suite
of products will be available this month for about $80.

    
    	Just sold half my QDEK at $21/share. Caution has now overtaken
    greed in the technology sector, so my feeling is taking $$$ off the
    table can't hurt.
    
    		the Greyhawk

> Just sold half my QDEK at $21/share.

	To more than double your money is not a bad profit.  And to sell
	exactly half leaves you ahead even if the stock becomes worthless
	tommorow .....