Who is Michael U. Potter?

[Jon Hawks]

It must be a plot. Mike's initials are MUP as in
Muppet, which infers, by di-cranial deduction,
something I learned from a guy name Grant, that if you
can kill of the competition, you'll always have
control and no threats. Actually, to extend his
thinking the MUPott is a legendary creature that came
from Canada and invaded the US, causing many new
careers and perhaps the only viable 4GL in the history
of computers to date. Anyway, that what he says...so
Mikey is just doing it because he can. Personally, I
never met the man. But I heard a story about him as a
little boy ~ Always remember those who serve you.
         In the days when an ice cream sundae cost
much less, a 10 year old  boy entered a hotel coffee
shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a   glass    
in          front of him. "How much is an ice cream
sundae?" he asked.   "Fifty         cents,"         
replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand
out of his   pocket       and          studied the
coins in it.          "Well, how much is a plain dish
of ice cream?" he inquired. By   now     more         
people were          waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing impatient.          "Thirty-five
cents," she brusquely replied." The little boy again  
    counted          his coins. "I'll have the plain
ice cream," he said. The   waitress         brought   
      the ice cream, put the bill on the table and
walked away.          The boy finished the ice cream,
paid the cashier and left. When   the         waitress
         came back, she began to cry as she wiped down
the table. There,   placed          neatly beside the
empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies -   You 
     see,          he couldn't have the sundae,       
  because he had to have enough left to leave her a
tip.                  

More legends upon request...

Thank you for my moment of madness and several moments
of whatever...

Bad day I guess.
--- "Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM> wrote:
> Well actually not founder. Mike joined Quasar (what
> Cognos used to be
> called) in 1972 (if I recall correctly) and
> eventually bought the company.
> He still holds a lot of stock. But this is all
> public knowledge because
> we're a publicly traded company.
> 
> Bob Deskin              
> PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior Product
> Advisor
> Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
> bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 4205 FAX:
> (613) 228-3149
> 3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON
> K1G 4K9 CANADA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohmes, Matt [mailto:Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.COM]
> Sent: February 3, 2000 2:05 PM
> To: 'Robert J.M. Edis'; 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
> Subject: RE: Who is Michael U. Potter?
> 
> 
> I don't know about his buying habits and I REALLY
> haven't got a clue about
> our stock, but Michael U. Potter was the original
> founder of Cognos (nee.
> Quasar Systems).  He was CEO and Chairman of the
> Board until 5 or 6 years
> ago when he retired.
> Matt
> 
> Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.Com
> Cognos Corporation
> 909 E. Las Colinas Blvd.
> Suite 1900
> Irving, TX  75039
> 214-259-6200
> "Matt doesn't really know anything.  He just likes
> to pontificate a lot.
> We refuse to acknowledge that he works for Cognos or
> that we have ever
> met him or anyone with whom he's ever been
> associated.  Don't lend him
> money and don't let him talk to your sister!" ;-)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert J.M. Edis
> [mailto:robert.edis@creatcomp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 12:56 PM
> To: 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
> Subject: Who is Michael U. Potter?
> 
> 
> G'day all
> 
> A person named Michael U. Potter has been buying up
> LOTS of Cognos shares
> lately and this has been driving the share price up
> it seems.  I saw an
> alert about his (and companies he appears to be
> associated with) buying
> spree yesterday.
> 
> Anyone know who this person is?
> 
> Blue
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